Screen Time:
Professional Recommendations and Actual Usage
Since 2015, Common Sense Media has conducted three nation-wide surveys to examine the screen time usage of over 1,300 8 to 18-year-olds.
Daily Screen Time
excluding academics
2015
2021
4:36 to 5:33
for Tweens
2015
2021
6:40 to 8:39
For Teens
Professional Recommendations
and Actual Usage
Recommendations and Usage Exclude Academics
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Professional research and literature indicate that, in addition to limiting usage, parental involvement in the child's screen time is crucial to their well-being. Doing activities together, modeling healthy behaviors, and collaboratively setting screen time limits are essential.
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Increases in unsupervised screen time in childhood are linked to decreases in brain development, academic engagement & success, IQ, mental health, self-esteem, physical fitness, diet quality, and sleep.
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