Feeling guilty about letting your child play computer games, watch TV, and use a smart phone? Trying to balance your concerns about safety with your desire to let your kids enjoy themselves (and your desire to get a break yourself)? Then check out the following.
The “Room for Debate” section of the New York Times features a panel of experts asked to respond to the recent Kaiser Family Foundation findings that children between the ages of 8 and 18 spend a daily average of more than seven and a half hours on electronic devices (computers, TV, wireless phones, etc.). The Times piece asks: “If American parents are distressed by these findings, why don’t they do anything to change their children’s behavior? Are they being inattentive, or even negligent? Or is the portrait of media overload more complicated yet less daunting than it seems?” Featured panelists include:
- Lisa Guernsey, author of “Into the Minds of Babies”
- Georgene Troseth, psychologist
- Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, child-rearing specialist
- Michael Rich, pediatrician
- Larry Rosen, professor of psychology
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