#3 Screen time & kids: how to create healthy boundaries

Send us Fan MailThis is a fascinating topic to me, and not mainly because I like it, but because of the impact that it has on our kids. Screen time is a battle that I have decided to fight. When I say fight, I mean I've decided not to be passive about it but to try and establish clear boundaries and small things at home, with the hope of creating a "healthy" relationship between my kids and screens. Here I share my learning and experiences along the way, with practical things that have worked for us. But hey, this is a log road; this is just the beginning. ----Here are some of the articles mentioned in the episode:- Screen time and childrenhttps://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-And-Watching-TV-054.aspx- Children uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronic screenshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171101130549.htm- Don't Text While Parenting — It Will Make You Crankyhttps://time.com/14953/parents-who-use-smartphones-in-front-of-their-kids-are-crankier/- The Electronic Pacifier: No TV under two!https://shapingyouth.org/the-electronic-pacifier-no-tv-under-two/- Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brainshttps://time.com/5514539/screen-time-children-brain/- Raising Self-Reliant Kids in the Digital Age - Webinarhttps://susanstiffelman.com/screen-time-webinar-january-2018/- Background TV: Children Exposed to Four Hours a Dayhttps://healthland.time.com/2012/10/02/background-tv-children-exposed-to-four-hours-a-day/- There’s Worrying New Research About Kids’ Screen Time and Their Mental Healthhttps://time.com/5437607/smartphones-teens-mental-health/- Background TV can be bad for kidshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724104113.htm- Too Much Screen Time for the Kids? Grandparents May Also Be Complicithttps://www.rutgers.edu/news/too-much-screen-time-kids-grandparents-may-also-be-complicit- I tried not to blame myself for my son's screen habithttps://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/family/article/2021/03/30/i-tried-not-blame-myself-my-sons-screen-habit?fbclid=IwAR3znyECjazXqRMFMt4hawOuouaR6G_7ipUthThA2vu655JFQ-DbI8fS8jQ- Toddlers’ screen time linked to slower speech development, study findshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/toddlers-screen-time-linked-slower-speech-development-study-finds- Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based studyhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335518301827Support the showConnect with Fabi:Email: [email protected]