A new meta analysis published in Jama Pediatrics confirmed how portable devices like cellphones and tablets are seriously affecting our children's sleep. Sleep is one of the biggest pediatric public health issues of our time. I hear this firsthand when I ask groups in the post screening discussions "who sleeps with their cellphones their room?" Most hands in the room go up.
One of the conclusions and recommendations from this new Jama article is: "An integrated approach among teachers, health care professionals, and parents is required to minimize device access at bedtime." In other words, It takes a village to get all these screen habits changed and by talking about it regularly from all directions, change can happen.
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A new meta analysis published in Jama Pediatrics confirmed how portable devices like cellphones and tablets are seriously affecting our children's sleep. Sleep is one of the biggest pediatric public health issues of our time. I hear this firsthand when I ask groups in the post screening discussions "who sleeps with their cellphones their room?" Most hands in the room go up.
One of the conclusions and recommendations from this new Jama article is: "An integrated approach among teachers, health care professionals, and parents is required to minimize device access at bedtime." In other words, It takes a village to get all these screen habits changed and by talking about it regularly from all directions, change can happen.
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A new meta analysis published in Jama Pediatrics confirmed how portable devices like cellphones and tablets are seriously affecting our children's sleep. Sleep is one of the biggest pediatric public health issues of our time. I hear this firsthand when I ask groups in the post screening discussions "who sleeps with their cellphones their room?" Most hands in the room go up.
One of the conclusions and recommendations from this new Jama article is: "An integrated approach among teachers, health care professionals, and parents is required to minimize device access at bedtime." In other words, It takes a village to get all these screen habits changed and by talking about it regularly from all directions, change can happen.
PHOTO BY YIPENGGE/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES
Many kids have nothing to do after school, so they go home to screens and, increasingly, AI chatbots. Spokane Public Schools tackled this by hiring "Engagement Navigators" who proactively find these students and help them get involved, a program we feature in Screenagers: Generation AI. I also share a patient's story, advice for parents whose teens refuse activities, and ways to help other kids get involved.
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Tech journalist Manoush Zomorodi recently shared with Delaney the story behind her new book Body Electric and the citizen science experiment she ran with NPR and Dr. Keith Diaz of Columbia. The 20,000-person study found that five minutes of movement for every thirty minutes of sitting dropped fatigue by up to 28%, lowered blood glucose and blood pressure, and improved focus and mood. Plus, five practical reframes for talking to kids about movement without the eye rolls.
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for more like this, DR. DELANEY RUSTON'S NEW BOOK, PARENTING IN THE SCREEN AGE, IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PARENTS. WITH INSIGHTS ON SCREEN TIME FROM RESEARCHERS, INPUT FROM KIDS & TEENS, THIS BOOK IS PACKED WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO START AND SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.
