CHILDREN AND MEDIA USAGE
- Web: On children and Media
- A comprehensive guide on screen use, and misuse, for children: Friend or Foe? The Ultimate Screen Time Guide For Kids. Read about the impact of screens, tips on how to reduce screen time, healthy alternatives to screens. A great read, all in one spot.
- A Book all parents/teachers/therapists should get : Dr Victoria Dunckley’s: Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time.
- Great articles on Psychology Today by expert Dr. Dunckley and other posts and interviews. Her Facebook and Twitter pages and YouTube Channel.
- Podcast: Relationships 2.0 With Dr. Michelle Skeen Guest: Dr. Victoria Dunckley author of Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time.
- Media Use History- Self Assessment Questionnaire for your Family
- Web: Media and Children – American Academy of Pediatrics
- Web: Children’s Media Use is a Health Concern
- Web: Create a family Media Use plan, TIPS (includes audio) From healthychildren.org of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Web: Children, Adolescents, Obesity and The Media (American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP)
- Web: Clinical Report: The impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Web: Media use by children younger than 2 years (AAP Policy Statement- Good RX for all ages)
- Web: Children, Adolescents and the Media (AAP Policy Statement)
- Web: Safety Net (American Academy of Pediatrics) Resources for parents on Internet Use and Safety for Families
- Web: Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media (AAP Policy Statement)
- Web: Dangerous Apps parents should know about
- Web: Dr. Gordon Neufeld: Raising Children in the Digital World
- Web: A research review regarding the impact of technology on child development, behavior, and academic performance.
- Web: Selected Research on Screen Time and Children
- Web: Action guides (PDFs): Fun activity/play ideas to replace screen and promote play.
- Web: Mayo Clinic’s How to Limit Screen Time
- Web: Key Reports, Research and Other Resources on the Effects of Media on Children’s Health.
- Web: Read how too much screens are damaging young eyes.
- Web: Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young Children, Technology and Early Education
- Here are a few articles on the impact of violent video games on the brain. Let’s face it, 90% of games ARE violent, so read this :