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Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week by doing a check up of your technology habits!
Not all “screen time” is equal -- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens identifies four main categories of screen time:
- Passive consumption: watching TV, reading, and listening to music
- Interactive consumption: playing games and browsing the Internet
- Communication: video-chatting and using social media
- Content creation: using devices to make digital art or music
Healthy Habits to consider:
- Encourage kids to maintain a balance of active and passive screen time activities.
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Create a family schedule of screen time limits.
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Try out some of these ideas for Device Free Dinners.
- Include your child in selecting ways the family can improve healthy habits for technology use at home.
- During screen time, remind your kids to scan their bodies every 15-20 minutes and take breaks accordingly: look away, get up, stretch, and move around.
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