Let us absolve you of your screen-time guilt.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by AlexSecret/iStock/Getty Images Plus, allensima/iStock/Getty Images Plus, Charles Deluvio/Unsplash and, Devorah has spent her life studying digital media and talking with schools, parents, and kids about how technology impacts their daily lives. As the mom of an 11-year-old herself, she knows just how much parents worry about screen time damaging their kids.
Say your kid was really into playing chess or really into swimming, how much would you let him do that versus something like being really into playing Roblox on the computer? Probably a lot. But think about the ways that Roblox allows him to have a creative and entrepreneurial side. What are some ways you could encourage him in those areas? And also kind of let him know that you think it’s cool if you do.
Tech is so compelling. Some would say addictive, and it’s designed to get its hooks into your brain and not let you go. That’s why we’ve all stayed up and watched another episode of. That’s why it’s hard to walk away from YouTube. There are no ending cues. One thing you could do is to experiment with taking some screen breaks and shut things down. I started to talk with my own 11-year-old about the way technology is designed to keep us there, because kids love to be smarter than the scientists.
Well the huge upside of not stigmatizing screens is that we can be in more conversation with our kids about what they’re doing. We absolutely can’t log minute for minute. And especially during remote school, there’s a whole bunch of things that can go wrong. I mean, pornography gives them really misguided and potentially dangerous ideas about consent and what sex looks like.
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