The Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) at Boston Children's Hospital has published an updated Family Digital Wellness Guide with some really great resources, tips, and research to help parents and children live and be well in a digital world. Check it out!
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Even though it feels like we're all using a lot of digital media these days, we're all going to be okay. Children are learning how to be adaptable, resilient, and creative.
Here is an example:
Media-free Meals
Pro tip: Make at least one meal a day screen-free—that means no phones or tablets at the table and no TV on in the background. Use this time to talk together as a family and check in on how each of you are doing.
Science says: One family sit-down meal each day is the single most important strategy to protect your family’s mental health and physical nourishment. Screens distract children and adults from each other’s social and emotional lives and from their body’s hunger and satisfaction cues. Eating while paying attention to screens has been linked to obesity and other nutrition-related disorders.
