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What parents can do to cut screen-time in children

Parents often ask what they can do to limit their children’s use of screen devices. I have talked much before about the dangers of too much screen time among children. They need to go outside and play, but many don’t know how to play without using a digital device. Here are six tips that may […]

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Children and Media Addiction: What Parents Should Know

In its 2013 policy statement on “Children, Adolescents, and the Media,” the American Academy of Pediatrics cited these shocking statistics from a Kaiser Family Foundation study in 2010: “The average 8- to 10-year-old spends nearly eight hours a day with a variety of different media, and older children and teenagers spend more than 11 hours […]

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