Various surveys suggest that my experience isn’t an anomaly and that kids’ screen time during the pandemic has soared. In the US, kids now spend more than four hours a day on screens, and screen time has basically doubled over the past 18 months. Screens babysat my kids when we were locked down together in our tiny apartment and didn’t have outside childcare. AdvertisementI don’t really want the amount of screen time my kids have got accustomed to to be what they expect moving forward. You might be totally OK with that, and Oster notes that kids really need a break sometimes.

Source: Huffington Post August 11, 2021 03:56 UTC