Helping Kids Reset Screen Time

“It's very rare that I go out to pick up a new intake in the in the office and the child's not on their phone and as soon as I see that in my head, I'm like, oh, my goodness, because I know what that can do to children,” said Pediatric Psychologist Dr. Jason Sabo.

“When we had Covid, it really changed our culture and it kind of taught us that screen time can be a substitute for friendships, that it can be a substitute for going outside. We found that that's not true. And so now you have all of these kids that are just addicted to phones,” said Sabo.

Dr. Sabo said he often sees kids who have fewer social skills and little desire to go outside to play.

“When I have families in my office, we talk about removing screen time and we talk about resetting that clock. They come back in two weeks later and they're like, it's amazing. You know, like that, my child is is happier. They're out of the room more often. They're doing more things that that, like exercise and things that we'd like to see them do.”

Dr. Sabo recommends that families do phone and electronic diets and see how it affects their children. “Just come up with a list of priorities. Homework should be above phones, right? Physical exercise should be about phones. Spending time with friends should be above phones. When we have good priorities and we keep those priorities in line, it makes it a whole lot easier to manage phones.”

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