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Screen Time How many times have you said this (or heard it): 'Turn off the TV. It’s a school night. Do your homework.' Now you can feel good about giving that command since studies confirm that children do worse in school if they watch TV and play video games during the school week.
Recent studies gave us an additional fact: R-rated movies have a negative effect on learning. Interestingly, researchers think that R-rated movies make boys more aggressive. Aggression may lead to poor school performance.
What is your daily screen time, or time spent looking at TV or DVD’s, the computer, or playing video games? Experts agree that if you spend under two hours a day, you’re not doing badly. More than that indicates a need for change.
And what will you do with time that you gain by reducing screen time? Obviously, you’ll have more time for family, for conversation, for relating to people around you. In addition, leaving the screen helps you keep more physically active, a definite help in the fight against weight gain.
At the very least, we can all—parents or not—use some rules that will help us and our families use our screens wisely. Perhaps the family can decide that no one will go over the two-hour mark. You can reduce the temptation by removing TVs, computers, and video games from bedrooms and the kitchen. Another interesting finding is that families who eat together are happier families.
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