5 Winter Activities That Don’t Involve Screens

Screens may be especially appealing when it’s cold outside, but here are other suggestions to encourage winter fun.
5 Winter Activities That Don’t Involve Screens
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Walker Larson
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Too much screen time threatens healthy child development, and it’s a danger that children encounter at a younger and younger age. In 1970, kids first interacted with media at the age of 4, on average. Now, that they’re doing it at 4 months.

That means electronics are now casting their ghostly glow even over the cradle, mesmerizing infants who haven’t even learned to walk or talk yet.

Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Prior to becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master's in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, "Hologram" and "Song of Spheres."
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