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Screen-Free Zones in your home

17/10/2014

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A recent psychology study from the University of California at Los Angeles indicates that children’s social skills and ability to read emotions are declining.  With the increase of social media and screen time in their daily lives, children have less face-to-face interaction and therefore fewer opportunities to practice positive social and emotional cues.  Common Sense Media reports that the average twelve year-old sends text messages, watches television or plays video games for four and a half hours during an average weekday.

For these reasons, the American Academy of Pediatrics advocates the use of "screen-free zones" to prevent the use of electronic devices in certain areas of the home.  The AAP also recommend that children take part in no more than one to two hours of entertainment media per day.  Children under the age of two should not be exposed to entertainment media at all.  Listen to the broadcast from NPR (National Public Radio) on the importance of limiting children’s screen time and how parents working in technology companies are setting an example.

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Kimberly Leiske- Elementary School Counselor

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