Limiting screen time is essential for promoting healthy physical and mental development in children. Setting clear screen time boundaries encourages kids to engage in other enriching activities, such as outdoor play, reading, and face-to-face interactions, which are crucial for their overall growth.
How Much Screen Time is Too Much?
The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages media use by children younger than 2 and recommends limiting older children’s screen time to no more than one or two hours a day.
How to Guide Your Child On Screen Time
With screens virtually everywhere, monitoring a child’s screen time can be challenging. To complicate matters, some screen time can be educational and support children’s social development. So how do you manage your child’s screen time?
Setting Realistic Limits on Screen Time
From cell phones and tablets to computers and TVs, we are a society of screens. But how much recreational screen time is too much for kids and teens—and how can you set realistic limits for your family?
How to Set Screen Time Limits on iPhones
With Screen Time, you can view time spent on your devices, schedule time away from the screen, and set time limits for app use — for yourself or for a child in your Family Sharing group.