What Parents Need to Know About Screen Time

What Parents Need to Know About Screen Time
Too much screen time is not only detrimental for children, but also for the parent-child relationship if the parents are paying more attention to their devices than to their kids. Muriel de Seze/Getty Images
Barbara Danza
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Digital devices have become a thorn in the side of many parents. Like opening Pandora’s box, once kids are given access to these glowing screens, it becomes difficult to scale back their use. As this technology garners more influence over our lives, the detrimental effects of its use among children are becoming ever clearer.

I asked Taíno Bendz, founder of Phone Free Day and author of the upcoming book “Tech-Life Balance, 101 Ways to Thrive in a Digital World,” for his advice to parents. Here’s what he said.
Barbara Danza
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Barbara Danza is a contributing editor covering family and lifestyle topics. Her articles focus on homeschooling, family travel, entrepreneurship, and personal development. She contributes children’s book reviews to the weekly booklist and is the editor of “Just For Kids,” the newspaper’s print-only page for children. Her website is BarbaraDanza.com
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