Too Much Information!

So many links to so many articles on screen time…

These are some that interested me:

Effects of Excessive Screen Time on Child Development: An Updated Review and Strategies for Management

How Much Screen Time Is Too Much For Kids?

Screen time ‘may harm toddlers’

Kids’ screen time: How much is too much?

And then there’s the move to ban smartphones for children under 16…

UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s

and the petition (currently closed due to election):

Ban smartphones and camera phones for under 16s

What are your thoughts?

I’m of the persuasion that technology is the future, and giving our children good opportunities to become digitally literate is highly important. However, I have notices a longing in myself to see my kids interact more with the real world, with me, with their friends…

I found this study extremely insightful and thought provoking…

What happened when 10 teens gave up their smartphones?


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