Screen time among Canadian remains higher after the pandemic than before and yough people have become acclimatized to spending more time online, says a new study
Angela Donnelly is fighting a battle that is familiar to most parents – trying to cut down the time her kids spend on screens while also trying to make sense of the ways in which screen time has changed these past few years.
Andre Plamondon, a researcher at Laval University and co-author of the study points to how so much of our communication and socializing was done via screens during the pandemic, and this may account for the rise. The reliance on screens during the pandemic prompted the Canadian Paediatric Society’s update of its guidelines, says Dr. Michelle Ponti, head of the society’s digital health task force.
First, is it educational? Are your kids learning something, or simply wasting time mindlessly scrolling TikTok?“Are [they] connecting with family and friends in a healthy positive way?” Dr. Ponti says.“Are you using this to get outside and explore nature? Is it a Wii Fit type of scenario, where you’re using the screen because you’re doing exercise? … Or some mindfulness or yoga or something? There’s nothing wrong with that.
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