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Overview
Overview
from our virtual workshop on December 4, 2024
Long hours of sedentary screen time aren’t healthy for any of us, and there are real risks to spending extended time on social media. Yet not all screen time is created equal. How do you identify technology-based activities that are beneficial? What digital activities can your child do at home that are creative, interactive, and engage the brain? In a world full of devices, how do we find balance and set limits? We explored these topics and more at a virtual Parent TechTalk Workshop on Wednesday, December 4, from 7:00-7:45 pm, presented and facilitated by Carolyn Skibba and Blair Sundhausen. We hope the slides, recording, and links will be helpful for those who could not join us live. We look forward to continuing this important conversation as a community!
Recording
Recording
Recording - Thinking About Screen Time.mp4Links
Links
Screen Time and Children: How to Guide your Child by the Mayo Clinic
Kids and Screen Time: How to use the 5 C’s of Media Guidance by the American Academy of Pediatrics; includes links to helpful questions for different age groups as well!
Beyond Screen Time: Help your kids build healthy media use habits by the American Academy of Pediatrics; includes a helpful table of tips by age level
Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study by Preventive Medicine Reports, hosted the National Institutes of Health online library
"Anti-Dopamine Parenting" can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweets by NPR's Morning Edition
Internet Contracts and Family Tech Planners
Internet Contracts and Family Tech Planners
AAP - Create a Family Media Plan
Do not be intimidated by the scope of this tool! It covers almost everything, but the best approach is to choose only ONE topic and then set family goals within that topic. Topics include Media Balance, Kindness and Empathy, Screen Free Zones, etc. Choose one as a family. Decide when it is time to modify or add goals, and chart your progress together! You can log in and update your plan as you go, and goals can be customized for different ages (adults too!)
Common Sense Media is a treasure trove of authoritative articles, reviews, and detailed ratings of all types of media (games, movies, YouTube channels, books, apps, etc). Make this your go-to source for advice and expert information on all aspects of parenting in the digital age.
Common Sense Media Family Tech Planners
These are quick, simple starting points for talking about technology expectations as a family.
Other helpful guidance for families from Common Sense Media:
Media Balance and Well Being Tips
Grades K-5 | Grades 6-12
Media Balance and Well Being: Family Discussion Questions
Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8
Creative Choices
Creative Choices
Opt for screen time that is:
creativity, not consumption;
active use, not passive;
child-directed, not app- or device-directed;
open ended, not closed;
narrative content, not "reality" content
Creative Apps and Resources
Creative Apps and Resources
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