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Navigating Parenting in a Digital Age: Balancing Media Use for Children

In today’s digital era, parenting poses unique challenges as children engage with media from an early age. The American Academy of Pediatrics emphasizes the importance of setting appropriate screen time limits to mitigate risks such as obesity, sleep disturbances, and emotional issues. While media can foster creativity and connect youth with peers, maintaining balance is crucial. Parents are encouraged to educate themselves on media consumption, model healthy habits, and actively engage in discussions with their children to promote positive behavior and emotional well-being.

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Navigating Parenting in a Digital Age: Balancing Media Use for Children

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  1. Parenting the “Plugged In” Child What’s New (and Not so New) in the Age of Digital Media

  2. Rideout (2010)

  3. Is Media Harmful? May be associated with obesity, sleep disturbance (See AAP Council on Communications and Media, 2011 report) May be linked to depression/emotional problems (e.g., Page, Cooper, Griew & Jago, 2010) May interfere with developmentally critical activities May interfere with family life

  4. Benefits of Youth Media Use Connect with friends Broaden community Enhance creative thinking Foster sense of identity Supplement learning Increase access to information O’Keefe & Clarke-Pearson (2011)

  5. It’s all about BALANCE.

  6. Common Challenges Lack of comfort with new media Knowing what limits to set Challenges to setting limits

  7. Lack of Comfort with New Media • Learn as much as possible • “Terms of Use”, “Safety” features • www.netlingo.com, www.noslang.com • www.netsmartz.org, www.parentfurther.com • Ask your child to teach you!

  8. Setting Limits • Promote • Health • Positive behavior • Emotional wellbeing • Protect against: • Cyber-bullying • Access to inappropriate content

  9. Recommendations from the AAP Infants < 2 years: 0 hours of screen time/day Children > 2 years: <2 hours of screen time/day Avoid TV sets and internet connections in bedrooms Co-view with children Limit nighttime screen media use AAP Council on Communications and Media (2011)

  10. Setting Limits • Modeling • Healthy media use (and balance) • Good citizenship (e.g., abiding by the rules) • Direct Conversation • Provide Alternatives • Including activities for the whole family to enjoy • Monitoring

  11. Challenges to Setting Limits Dealing with protest Helping children find value in other activities

  12. When to Seek Outside Help • Concerns for cyber-bullying • Change in your child’s: • Mood • Enjoyment of non-media activities • Sleep • Grades/school performance • Behavior • Ability to participate in family life

  13. References American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media (2011). Policy statement: children, adolescents, obesity and the media. Pediatrics, 128(1), 201-208. www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2011-10660 O’Keefe, G.W. & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). Clinical Report: The impact of social media on children, adolescents and families. Pediatrics, 127 (4), 800-804.http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/03/28/peds.2011-0054 Page, A.S., Cooper, A.R., Griew, P. & Jago, R. (2010). Children’s screen viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of physical activity. Pediatrics, 126(5), 1011 -1017). RideoutV. (2010). Generation M2: Media in theLivesof 8- to 18-Year-Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation: Menlo Park, CA.

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