Standing up to children’s screen time requires parents address their own

The author of Standing Up to Screens: A Doable Plan for Parent United, Richard Bromfield, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, begins his book with a quote from James Baldwin. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate the.”

“Bromfield notes parents use their own screens nine hours or more a day, more than most children or teens. Half talk on their phones while driving with their young children. A third text, and about 16 percent check their social media. “

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