How Much 'Screen Time' Is Too Much? Why That's The Wrong Question | Diana Graber - 0 views
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The AAP's long-standing recommendation has been that kids' entertainment screen time be limited to less than one or two hours per day, and for kids under 2, none at all. But in a world where screens surround us -- in restaurants, gas stations, grocery store lines, as background ambiance at home (heck, even in pediatricians' waiting rooms) -- this recommendation is becoming nearly impossible to follow.
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there is no easy answer to the question of "how much." So maybe parents need to start asking two new questions: "what" and "when."
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"Quality content matters" says Dr. Chip Donohue, Director of the TEC Center at Erikson Institute, "What they watch is more important than how much"