How worried should parents really be about pandemic screen time?

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As we glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel with COVID-19, many parents are concerned about what might result from one specific change the pandemic brought to their house: the relaxed rules when it came to their children's screen time

And, adds Geelong child psychologist Tanya Herman-Doig, “screen time in and of itself is not necessarily either good or bad. Keep it as varied and balanced as possible, between being educational and entertaining, and allowing contact with other people.”

“Distraction can be an effective coping mechanism if it is short term and doesn’t lead to avoidance [by] brushing problems under the carpet.”This is good news considering that, while many students in NSW and Victoria have recently made a full-time return to school campuses, many have not. In Victoria, students in prep and grades one, two, 11 and 12 returned to school on Tuesdaywhile those in other years are slated to be back in classrooms by June 9.

 

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Great hot take

Parenting shouldn’t have changed.. What a stupid opinion piece.

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