An expert explains why it’s important to let parental screen guilt go and calls for a nuanced view of the research claims on the impacts of screen time.
The intersection of kids and screen time is causing quite a stir among parents, experts and even the US Surgeon General these days. Earlier this year, a New York University social psychologist published a best-selling book about the supposed dangers of smart phones and social media for kids before a certain age. Others have responded saying screen time isn’t so bad—so long as it’s in moderation.
If you isolate video games among certain ages, that is negatively associated with academic performance, but these are not the little kids that we think about when we’re thinking about screen use. So that tells us that it’s a little bit more complicated. CNN: What do you think is happening? Walter: There’s nothing inherently negative about screen time or screen use, but just like any other media, it displaces other activities.
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