According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP):
“Parents play an important role in helping children and teens navigate media [which] means teaching them how to use it as a tool to create, connect and learn.”
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Our Family Agreement:
Our Goals For You
Building Healthy Digital Habits
Guidelines for Device Use
Parental Privileges
Parental Privileges
Our Goals for You
As your parents, we want you to:
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The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Screen Time Guidelines
The AAP's guidelines for children over 6 are fairly open-ended. Rather than specific time limits, their recommendation is to balance media use with other healthy behaviors.
Guidelines for Device Use
Before screen time begins, we expect you to have completed your:
Generally, you may have screen time:
Please refrain from using screens while:
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Building Healthy Digital Habits
Good manners are always a plus+:
Be responsible online — always think before:
Learn to take breaks:
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Expectations and Consequences
Some basic rules:
We expect you to:
Your device privileges may be taken away if:
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Parental Privileges
We're responsible for your digital safety and teaching you healthy habits:
We may review your online activity which includes:
Does your child use social media?
You may use:
Based on our extensive review of the research
Based on our extensive review of the research, the recommendation is to limit teens to 1-2 platforms and encourage them to limit their time to approximately 30 minutes on each.