With many school districts throughout the US having gone fully remote or with some form of hybrid in-person/remote learning since the start of the school year, parents across the country are struggling to figure out how to keep their kids from consuming too much online media, experiencing screen fatigue, and blurring the lines between what's educational and what's purely entertainment.
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Most of us still have no idea what we're doing when it comes to online learning, despite having to endure it for a while at this point. So we turned to a professional to help us figure out what's too much and not enough, what's safe and not safe, and how exactly we're supposed to teach our kids to use technology responsibly and safely.
Dr. Michael Rich, aka "The Mediatrician," has been a pediatrician for over 20 years, is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and is a parent himself. Since founding the Center on Media and Child Health, he's become a foremost expert on the topic. Keep reading to find out the 15 tips for keeping kids' screen time under control that we learned during an of course, video chat with Dr. Rich.