Screen Time and Children

Discussion for Thursday (10/19) and  Monday (11/02) 
 
The American Academy of Pediatrics writes that all media should be limited for all children at every age, and the articles regarding the adverse effects screen time are many.  This is what they write specifically about toddlers:

 Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens.

Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens. - See more at: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/pages/media-and-children.aspx#sthash.SCyl3Qon.dpuf

Here are two quick articles from New York Times about children and screen time:
Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children

Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens. - See more at: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/pages/media-and-children.aspx#sthash.SCyl3Qon.dpuf

Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens. - See more at: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/pages/media-and-children.aspx#sthash.SCyl3Qon.dpuf

Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens. - See more at: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/pages/media-and-children.aspx#sthash.SCyl3Qon.dpuf

How To Cut Children's Screen Time, Say No To Yourself First

Consider This:
How do you feel about screen time and children?

All Joy and No Fun, by Jennifer Senior Book Discussion

 This week we will discuss the second half  of Chapter 5, Adolescence (beginning at p. 208: "Adolescent Brain").  Discussion will begin at 9:40 in the morning classes (on Thursday, 10/29 and Monday, 11/02), and 1:00 in the afternoon class (Thursday, 10/29).