“With children spending more and more time on devices, parents and teachers should try to heavily restrict their screen time.”
Parents who heavily restrict their children’s access to the internet tend to have children who experience reduced exposure to risk, but also get fewer opportunities for learning and engagement.
Outright ban of activities, such as using social media or playing video games, can have consequences for young people, who may feel cut off from their peers or unable to access information and support.
Recognise that media use is no longer an optional extra and that ‘screen time’ is not an inevitably problematic activity.
Parents and teachers can achieve a balance with their children or students by educating them and making them involved in the process of media use. Adults need to model digital well-being so that young people have something to fall back on.
Research says:
What you can do?
Move beyond ‘screen-time’ as a basis for guidance and help parents and children recognise the difference between problematic, normal and beneficial use.
Culled from the article: 5 Common Misconceptions About Digital Citizenship
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Teacher Funke Akpan
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