Child Development Experts Reviewed More Than 100 Studies on Screens and Kids. Here Are Their 4 Practical Takeaways for Parents
As the parent of a soon-to-be teenager, I can attest that every parent I know is worried about kids and screens.
With headlines constantly blaring about the youth mental health crisis and a parade of experts lining up to suggest technology is at least part of the explanation, basically every parent is asking themselves, “What’s the right approach when it comes to kids and screens?”
Asking this question is obvious. Answering it, unfortunately, isn’t.
Most advice out there is based on limited or faulty data, driven by panic, or hotly disputed. But a recent review of more than 100 studies offers parents at least a few data-backed recommendations to stand on.
Why getting definitive advice about kids and screens is so hard
While a gazillion articles and books with titles like “Have smartphones ruined a generation?” and The Anxious Generation are just a Google away, the experts who write them can’t seem to agree on practical advice for parents.
Should you forbid social media before 16 as suggested by NYU psychologist and Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt? Or listen…
