– Source: Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics – JAMA
50% of teens say they feel addicted to their mobile devices, while 59% of parents worry that their young ones are addicted. Source: Common Sense Media
25% of children believe playing video games is a form of physical exercise.
Source: Youth Sport Trust
82% of American adults regularly did chores as kids, but just 28% expect their kids to do chores. Source: Braun Research
85% of all parents said that their teens get distracted by their devices.
Source: Common Sense Media
Screen time can be habit-forming: the more time children engage with screens, the harder time they have turning them off as they become older children.
Source: Medscape General Medicine, 8(2), 63
Adults have the same problem too!
The trick is to put yourself in charge of your screens instead of allowing your screens to be in charge of you. — Dr. Edward Hallowell, MD
Parental monitoring of media has protective effects on a wide range of academic, social, and physical child outcomes.
– Source: Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics – JAMA