Child Mind Institute Shares Resources on Setting Screen Time Rules for Summer
As summer temperatures heat up, parents will likely want to encourage their children to spend more time outside and hope that they’ll spend less time thinking about screen time.
The Child Mind Institute has put together a list of resources on how to make effective rules for screen time during the summer.
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Most parents will want to limit their children’s screen time and, more importantly, not spend much of the summer arguing about it.
The Child Mind Institute has shared tips for identifying the tech-related harms that parents will want their children to avoid as well as the activities they’ll want to encourage. It also discusses how to make a practical plan to achieve both objectives.
The resources include recommendations on screen use for children who are neurodivergent and strategies to keep children reading over the summer. The Child Mind Institute proposes ways to provide the structure that children with ADHD need to thrive while on summer vacation.
Lastly, the resources explore how parents should not be afraid to let their children become bored because there are lessons they can learn from it.
Here are The Child Mind Institute’s resources on how to approach screen time for children during the summer:
For more information, visit The Child Mind Institute’s website.