Love this post. May I offer an additional action? Its not so cut and dry but trying to be engaged with your youth in the screen time activity itself can benefit (actually, can the "how" of this be a future topic?). Benefits: 1) You have a better sense of what rules around that activity would be reasonable (is the 5 min screen time for the trip to the grocery store likely to cause conflict because it actually takes at least 10 minutes to finish a level); 2) if your child is still mentally stuck in the activity when screens are turned off, talking to them in an informed way may be a good transition out; 3) as you have pointed out in the past, our life experiences can help contextualize the content of those screen time activities IRL. Thank you for your work!
I wonder about the conclusion of the article about playing video games. The article is about media violence in general which include several types of media, could you point the exact reference to video games?
This was really helpful, as my kid was home from school today. Thank you!!! Your tips saved our day.
So glad to hear!! Thank you!
Love this post. May I offer an additional action? Its not so cut and dry but trying to be engaged with your youth in the screen time activity itself can benefit (actually, can the "how" of this be a future topic?). Benefits: 1) You have a better sense of what rules around that activity would be reasonable (is the 5 min screen time for the trip to the grocery store likely to cause conflict because it actually takes at least 10 minutes to finish a level); 2) if your child is still mentally stuck in the activity when screens are turned off, talking to them in an informed way may be a good transition out; 3) as you have pointed out in the past, our life experiences can help contextualize the content of those screen time activities IRL. Thank you for your work!
Yes - I love this suggestion! Thanks for sharing!
Really appreciate how action oriented this post is. We can/t change a behavior or a habit unless we understand it!
Thank you Alex!
I wonder about the conclusion of the article about playing video games. The article is about media violence in general which include several types of media, could you point the exact reference to video games?
Here are a few posts with lots of info on the research on video games, in case helpful!
https://technosapiens.substack.com/p/are-violent-video-games-dangerous
https://technosapiens.substack.com/p/parents-ultimate-guide-to-video-games