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Latest revision as of 02:26, 9 August 2026
Family Media Planning and Healthy Digital Habits
Family media planning has become an essential part of modern parenting as digital technology increasingly shapes childhood, education, entertainment, and family relationships. The collected resources examine how parents can help children benefit from technology while protecting sleep, learning, physical health, emotional well-being, privacy, and healthy social development. Rather than focusing only on limiting screen time, experts consistently recommend creating balanced digital habits through communication, age-appropriate guidance, shared media experiences, and positive parental role modeling.
Building Healthy Family Media Habits
Families are encouraged to create media plans that establish clear expectations for technology use, screen-free spaces, bedtime routines, family meals, and recreational activities. Modern recommendations emphasize that media quality, purpose, and context matter as much as the number of hours children spend using devices.
Many organizations—including pediatric associations, child development experts, and public health agencies—recommend co-viewing, open conversations about online experiences, and involving children in setting realistic household technology rules.
Babies, Toddlers, and Early Childhood
Research consistently finds that infants and young children learn best through direct interaction with caregivers rather than passive screen exposure. Responsive conversation, play, reading, and "serve-and-return" interactions remain essential for language development, emotional regulation, and healthy brain growth.
Experts caution against using digital devices as substitutes for caregiver interaction or as frequent emotional pacifiers. High-quality educational content may be beneficial when adults actively participate alongside young children.
Parental Modeling and Family Relationships
Children learn technology habits by observing adults. Numerous studies conclude that parents' own device use strongly influences children's attitudes toward screens and family interaction.
Frequent smartphone interruptions may reduce conversation, eye contact, and emotional responsiveness. Parents who model balanced technology use, maintain screen-free family routines, and prioritize shared attention help establish healthier long-term digital behaviors.
Screen Time, Physical Health, and Sleep
Excessive or poorly managed screen use has been associated with disrupted sleep, reduced physical activity, attention difficulties, eye strain, headaches, and increased sedentary behavior.
Health organizations recommend limiting recreational screen use before bedtime, encouraging outdoor play, promoting regular physical activity, and ensuring technology does not replace adequate sleep or exercise.
Social Media and Teen Mental Health
Social media offers opportunities for communication, creativity, and community while also presenting risks including social comparison, cyberbullying, anxiety, sleep disruption, and exposure to harmful content.
Experts increasingly recommend evaluating a child's maturity rather than relying solely on age when introducing social media. Ongoing conversations, digital literacy, and supportive parental involvement are considered more effective than constant surveillance alone.
Online Safety, Privacy, and Digital Citizenship
Parents are encouraged to teach children about online privacy, digital footprints, cyberbullying, misinformation, scams, inappropriate content, and responsible online behavior.
Resources emphasize helping children recognize manipulation, verify information, protect personal information, and understand how algorithms, advertising, and artificial intelligence influence online experiences.
Phones, Parental Controls, and Family Technology Rules
Parental controls remain useful tools for managing access, content, purchases, and screen schedules, but experts consistently stress that technical controls should complement—not replace—communication and trust.
Family technology agreements help clarify expectations regarding devices, gaming, messaging, privacy, and online behavior while allowing children to gradually develop independent digital judgment.
Gaming and Digital Entertainment
Gaming can support creativity, cooperation, problem-solving, and family interaction when used in moderation. Parents are encouraged to understand the games their children play, establish consistent limits, participate through co-playing, and discuss online interactions, spending, and age-appropriate content.
Experts also highlight awareness of gaming disorder, loot boxes, and excessive gaming habits while recognizing that not all gaming is harmful.
Learning, School, and Digital Media
Educational technology can improve learning when it supports meaningful instruction rather than distracting students. Families are encouraged to distinguish educational screen use from recreational entertainment while helping children develop critical thinking, media literacy, and responsible online research skills.
Resources also address technology use among children with ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent conditions, emphasizing individualized approaches rather than universal rules.
Privacy, Sharenting, and Children's Digital Footprints
Parents increasingly face decisions about sharing children's photos and personal information online. Experts recommend considering children's future privacy, consent, location information, and the long-term permanence of digital records before posting family content.
Digital footprints often begin long before children are old enough to understand online privacy, making thoughtful parental decisions increasingly important.
Restoring Offline Family Life
Many resources encourage families to intentionally balance digital technology with offline experiences such as family meals, outdoor recreation, reading, creative play, vacations, independent play, and shared rituals.
Strong family relationships are built through consistent conversation, shared experiences, emotional availability, and meaningful time together rather than through technology alone.
Conclusion
The collected research presents a balanced view of children's technology use. Digital devices offer educational opportunities, creativity, communication, and entertainment, but they also introduce challenges involving sleep, attention, mental health, privacy, and family relationships. Across nearly every source, the most effective approach combines age-appropriate limits, active parental involvement, healthy role modeling, digital literacy, and strong family communication. Successful digital parenting is not about eliminating technology but about helping children develop lifelong habits that allow technology to enhance rather than replace healthy relationships and everyday life.
Family Media Planning and Healthy Digital Habits
Why Co-Viewing Is Important: Tips to Share Screen Time With Your Kids
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | June 25, 2026
Helping Kids Thrive in a Digital World: AAP Policy Explained
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | June 3, 2026
Media Guidelines for Kids of All Ages
| Rachel Ehmke | Child Mind Institute | February 23, 2026
How to Make a Family Media Plan
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 20, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: How to Use the 5 C's of Media Guidance
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Screen Time Statistics Shaping Parenting in 2025
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Lurie Children's | October 30, 2025
How Parents Manage Screen Time for Kids
| Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | October 8, 2025
MDDI Study Shows Most Parents Guide Children's Digital Use but Would Like More Support
| Ministry of Digital Development and Information | Government of Singapore | September 12, 2025
Be a Role Model: 4 Ways to Balance Screen Time Around Children
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | October 14, 2022
How Can I Help My Kids Develop Good Screen-Time Habits?
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | June 27, 2022
How Much Screen Time Is OK for My Kids?
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | March 11, 2022
Parenting Children in the Age of Screens
| Brooke Auxier and colleagues | Pew Research Center | July 28, 2020
Digital Parenting
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
10 Ways to Create Healthy Digital Habits at Home
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
What's the Best Way to Manage Screen Time?
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Babies, Toddlers and Preschool Children
Screen Time Can Damage Under-Twos' Development and Health, Study Finds
| The Guardian staff | The Guardian | June 27, 2026
Parental Reliance on Digital Devices to Calm Youngsters Is Linked to Behavior Problems
| University of California, Irvine | UCI News | April 23, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: 5 C's Questions for Toddlers and Preschoolers
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | April 30, 2024
Are Screen Media the New Pacifiers?
| Vera Brauchli and colleagues | Computers in Human Behavior | 2024
Digital Media and Technology Use by Families With Infants and Young Children
| Kate Mannell and colleagues | Journal of Children and Media | 2024
Parents of Young Children: Why Your Screen Time Matters
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | October 31, 2023
Effects of Excessive Screen Time on Child Development
| Suhasini Muppalla and colleagues | Cureus | 2023
Can Screen Time Be Educational for Toddlers?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Why Is Screen Time Bad for Young Children?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
The Benefits of Watching TV With Young Children
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Babies Need Humans, Not Screens
| Center on the Developing Child | Harvard University | n.d.
Screen Time and Children: How to Guide Your Child
| Mayo Clinic Staff | Mayo Clinic | n.d.
Screen Time and Children
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | AACAP | n.d.
Children and Media Tips From the American Academy of Pediatrics
| American Academy of Pediatrics | AAP | n.d.
Screen-Free Activities for Children
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Parental Modeling and Technoference
Neuroscientist Reveals Why Babies Notice When You Pick Up Your Phone
| Selena Bartlett | Herald Sun | August 1, 2026
Associations Between Media Parenting Practices and Early Adolescent Screen Use
| Jason Nagata and colleagues | Pediatric Research | 2025
Parents' Screen Time, Perceptions and Technology-Related Parenting Practices
| Debashish Bhoi and colleagues | Research article | 2025
Do Parent Media Habits Contribute to Child Global Development?
| Caroline Fitzpatrick and colleagues | Frontiers in Psychology | 2024
Digital Parenting Distractions and Child Behavior Problems
| Jenny Radesky and colleagues | JAMA Pediatrics | 2019
Parents, Put Down Your Phones
| Claire McCarthy | Harvard Health Publishing | June 6, 2018
Technoference: Parent Distraction With Technology and Associations With Child Behavior
| Brandon McDaniel and Jenny Radesky | Pediatric Research | 2018
The Impact of Parental Smartphone Use on Parent-Child Interaction
| Researchers | Journal of Child and Family Studies | 2018
Mobile Device Use During Family Time
| Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | August 26, 2015
Background Television and Parent-Child Interaction
| Marie Evans Schmidt and colleagues | Child Development | 2008
How Tech Changes Families
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Distracted Parenting: The Risks of Smartphones and Children
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials | n.d.
How Parents' Smartphone Use Affects Children
| Psychology Today | Psychology Today | n.d.
Parents and Screen Time: Modeling Healthy Habits
| American Psychological Association | APA | n.d.
The Still-Face Experiment and Digital Distraction
| The Gottman Institute | Gottman Institute | n.d.
Screen Time, Sleep and Physical Health
What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Children's Brains?
| Jennifer Cross | NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters | May 1, 2026
Excessive Screen Time Is Associated With Mental Health Problems and ADHD
| Ying Dai and Na Ouyang | arXiv | August 13, 2025
Impact of Screen Time on Development of Children
| S. S. Kar and colleagues | Research review | 2025
Digital Screen Exposure in Infants, Children and Adolescents
| Valentina Nuvoli and colleagues | The Lancet Regional Health Europe | 2025
The Effects of Screen Time on Children: The Latest Research Parents Should Know
| CHOC experts | Children's Hospital of Orange County | August 27, 2024
Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children
| World Health Organization | WHO | April 2, 2019
Media Use and Sleep in School-Aged Children
| Researchers | Pediatrics | 2016
Screen Time and Children's Health
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC | n.d.
Screen Time and Sleep in Children
| Sleep Foundation | Sleep Foundation | n.d.
Children and Screens Before Bed
| Harvard Health Publishing | Harvard Health | n.d.
Screen Time and Childhood Obesity
| World Health Organization | WHO | n.d.
Screen Time and Eye Health
| American Academy of Ophthalmology | AAO | n.d.
How Too Much Screen Time Affects Children's Eyes
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials | n.d.
Digital Eye Strain in Children
| Johns Hopkins Medicine | Johns Hopkins Medicine | n.d.
Screen Time and Headaches in Children
| American Migraine Foundation | American Migraine Foundation | n.d.
Social Media and Teen Mental Health
When Are Kids Ready for Social Media?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | June 1, 2026
Children and Adolescents and Digital Ecosystems
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Pediatrics | January 20, 2026
How Much Should You Monitor Your Teen's Social Media?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | October 20, 2025
Teens, Social Media and Technology
| Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | December 12, 2024
The Science on Social Media and Youth Mental Health Is Incomplete
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | August 23, 2024
Health Advisory on Social Media Use in Adolescence
| American Psychological Association | APA | May 9, 2023
Protecting Youth Mental Health Online
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | 2021
How Does Using Social Media Affect Teens?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
3 Ways You Can Help Your Teen Manage Screen Time
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Social Media and Youth Mental Health
| Office of the U.S. Surgeon General | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | n.d.
Social Media and Self-Doubt
| Rachel Ehmke | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
What Selfies Are Doing to Self-Esteem
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Does Social Media Use Cause Depression?
| Caroline Miller | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Social Media and Teens: How Does Social Media Affect Mental Health?
| Mayo Clinic Staff | Mayo Clinic | n.d.
How Social Media Keeps Children's Attention
| Jacqueline Nesi | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Phones, Devices and Parental Controls
Mother Defends Decision to Remove Parental Controls From Her 13-Year-Old Daughter's Phone
| People staff | People | August 1, 2026
Parental Controls: Setting Safe and Healthy Media Limits
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 22, 2024
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Parental Controls
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
How to Use Apple's Screen Time Feature
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Google Family Link Guide for Parents
| Google | Google Families | n.d.
Use Screen Time on Your Child's iPhone or iPad
| Apple Support | Apple | n.d.
Microsoft Family Safety
| Microsoft | Microsoft | n.d.
Nintendo Switch Parental Controls
PlayStation Parental Controls
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | PlayStation Support | n.d.
Xbox Family Settings
| Microsoft Xbox | Xbox | n.d.
YouTube Kids Parental Guide
| Google | YouTube Kids Help | n.d.
TikTok Family Pairing
| TikTok | TikTok Safety Center | n.d.
Instagram Family Center
| Meta | Meta Family Center | n.d.
Snapchat Family Center
| Snap Inc. | Snapchat Parents | n.d.
When Should You Get Your Kid a Phone?
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Online Safety, Privacy and Digital Literacy
An Advert Led My Eight-Year-Old Son to Online Porn
| Kate Martin | The Times | August 5, 2026
Parents Believe Children Should Be Taught Digital Literacy at an Early Age
| New York Post staff | New York Post | August 4, 2026
Don't Outsource the Best Parts of Parenting to AI
| Business Insider staff | Business Insider | August 4, 2026
Growing Up in the Online World: A National Conversation
| UK Government | GOV.UK | July 31, 2026
Online Privacy Checklist for Parents
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
How to Keep Your Child Safe Online
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Parenting in the AI Age
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Internet Safety for Children
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | FBI | n.d.
Online Safety Basics
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | NetSmartz | n.d.
Cyberbullying: What Parents Can Do
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | StopBullying.gov | n.d.
How to Help Kids Deal With Cyberbullying
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Keeping Children Safe Online
| National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | NSPCC | n.d.
Internet Matters: Advice for Parents
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Digital Citizenship Resources for Families
| Common Sense Education | Common Sense Education | n.d.
Media and Information Literacy
Gaming, Entertainment and Co-Use
Watching Television Together as a Family
| Parents staff | Parents | August 1, 2026
Figame: A Family Digital Game for Shaping Healthy Parent-Child Gaming Relationships
| Liyi Zhang and colleagues | arXiv | March 18, 2025
Benefits of Playing Video Games
| American Psychological Association | Monitor on Psychology | February 2014
Joint Media Engagement
| Lori Takeuchi and Reed Stevens | Joan Ganz Cooney Center | 2011
Healthy Limits on Video Games
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
A Parent's Guide to Dealing With Fortnite
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Video Games
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Gaming Disorder
| World Health Organization | WHO | n.d.
Problematic Interactive Media Use
| Digital Wellness Lab | Boston Children's Hospital | n.d.
Co-Playing Video Games With Children
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Choosing Age-Appropriate Games
| Entertainment Software Rating Board | ESRB | n.d.
Loot Boxes and Young Players
| GambleAware | GambleAware | n.d.
Children and In-App Purchases
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC Consumer Advice | n.d.
How to Choose Quality Children's Media
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Educational Media and Learning
Conflict, Tantrums and Family Communication
Too Much Screen Time or Too Much Guilt?
| Lara Wolfers and colleagues | Media Psychology | 2025
Screen Time and Temper Tantrums: Helpful Tips for Parents
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | March 13, 2024
4 Conversations to Have With Older Kids and Teens About Screen-Time Habits
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | March 15, 2022
Family Conflict Over Technology
| Jingjing Jiang | Pew Research Center | August 22, 2018
Parenting to Reduce Child Screen Time: A Feasibility Pilot Study
| Wesley Sanders and colleagues | Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | 2018
Setting Limits Without Constant Fighting
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
How to Create a Family Technology Contract
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Talking to Kids About Their Online Lives
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Why Taking Away the Phone May Backfire
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
How to End Screen Time Without a Struggle
When Screen Time Becomes a Family Battleground
| The Gottman Institute | Gottman Institute | n.d.
Helping Children Transition Away From Screens
| Raising Children Network | Raising Children Network | n.d.
How to Negotiate Screen Rules With Teenagers
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Positive Discipline and Technology Rules
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Helping Kids Build Self-Control Around Media
| Center on the Developing Child | Harvard University | n.d.
School, Learning and Neurodiversity
Children's Media Use and Language Development
| Researchers | JAMA Pediatrics | 2017
Multitasking and Learning
| Adam Gorlick | Stanford Report | August 24, 2009
Neurodivergent Kids and Screen Time
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Screen Time and ADHD
| Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | CHADD | n.d.
Technology and Children With Autism
| Autism Speaks | Autism Speaks | n.d.
Educational Screen Time Versus Entertainment
| Edutopia | George Lucas Educational Foundation | n.d.
Managing School-Issued Devices at Home
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Digital Distraction During Homework
| American Psychological Association | APA | n.d.
Laptops, Tablets and Classroom Learning
| Washington University in St. Louis | Center for Teaching and Learning | n.d.
Video Chat and Young Children's Learning
| ZERO TO THREE | ZERO TO THREE | n.d.
Media Literacy in the Classroom and Home
| National Association for Media Literacy Education | NAMLE | n.d.
Helping Children Identify Misinformation
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Digital Reading Versus Print Reading
| Jill Barshay | The Hechinger Report | n.d.
Technology and Childhood Creativity
| Edutopia | George Lucas Educational Foundation | n.d.
Balancing Homework and Recreational Screen Use
| Nemours KidsHealth | KidsHealth | n.d.
Privacy, Sharenting and Children's Digital Footprints
More Skin, More Likes: Measuring Child Exposure and User Engagement on TikTok
| Miriam Schirmer, Angelina Voggenreiter and Jürgen Pfeffer | arXiv | August 10, 2024
Children's Privacy in the Digital Age
| Human Rights Watch | Human Rights Watch | January 25, 2024
Connected Toys and Privacy
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC Business Blog | June 21, 2017
The Perils of Sharenting
| Stacey Steinberg | The Atlantic | October 6, 2016
Sharenting and Children's Privacy
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
What Parents Should Know About Sharenting
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Protecting Children's Personal Information Online
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC Consumer Advice | n.d.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC | n.d.
A Parent's Guide to Student Data Privacy
| U.S. Department of Education | Student Privacy Policy Office | n.d.
Location Sharing and Children
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Facial Recognition and Children's Images
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Asking Children Before Posting
| The New York Times | The New York Times | n.d.
Digital Footprints Begin Before Birth
| Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross | Parenting for a Digital Future | n.d.
Family Vlogging and Child Exploitation
Respecting Children's Right to Privacy
| United Nations | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | n.d.
Restoring Offline Family and Community Life
How to Share Screen-Time Rules With Relatives, Babysitters and Other Caregivers
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | July 5, 2024
Nature Time as an Alternative to Screen Time
| Kirsten Weir | Monitor on Psychology | April 1, 2020
The Power of Play
| Michael Yogman and colleagues | Pediatrics | September 2018
The Importance of Family Meals
| Harvard Health Publishing | Harvard Health | March 1, 2016
Setting Healthy Screen-Time Boundaries on Family Vacations
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Handling the Holidays
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Screen Time and Summer
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
100 Screen-Free Activities
| Action for Healthy Kids | Action for Healthy Kids | n.d.
Creating Phone-Free Family Meals
| American Academy of Pediatrics | AAP | n.d.
Outdoor Play and Child Development
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Reading Aloud to Children
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Family Rituals in a Digital Age
| Greater Good Science Center | University of California, Berkeley | n.d.
Encouraging Independent Play
| ZERO TO THREE | ZERO TO THREE | n.d.
Building Children's Boredom Tolerance
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Balancing Technology and Family Connection
| The Gottman Institute | Gottman Institute | n.d.
Building Balanced Family Technology Routines
How to Build Healthy Digital Habits: 5 Tips for Families
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: The 5 C's Questions for Older Teens
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: The 5 C's Questions for Young Teens
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: The 5 C's Questions for School-Age Children
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Kids and Screen Time: The 5 C's Questions to Ask for Infants
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | January 6, 2026
Childhood in a Digital World
| UNICEF Innocenti | UNICEF | June 12, 2025
The 2025 Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Zero to Eight
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | February 26, 2025
Are Some Types of Screen Time Better Than Others?
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | March 11, 2022
School-Year Screen-Time Rules From a Teacher
| Christine Elgersma | Common Sense Media | August 12, 2019
Family Media Plan
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Screen Time: Overview for Parents
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Screen Time and Technology Resources
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Understanding Children's Media Experiences
Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report
| Ofcom | Ofcom | April 19, 2024
Digital Media and Children Under Five
| Canadian Paediatric Society | Paediatrics & Child Health | November 24, 2022
Digital Media Use and Mental Health Consultations
| Jenny Radesky and colleagues | Pediatrics | May 2020
Media Use in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Pediatrics | November 2016
Media and Young Minds
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Pediatrics | November 2016
Young Children, Apps and Learning
| Carly Shuler | Joan Ganz Cooney Center | December 2012
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs
| NAEYC and Fred Rogers Center | NAEYC | January 2012
Media Use by Children Younger Than Two Years
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Pediatrics | November 2011
Screen Time and Preschool Children
| Raising Children Network | Raising Children Network | n.d.
Screen Time for School-Age Children
| Raising Children Network | Raising Children Network | n.d.
Screen Time for Teenagers
| Raising Children Network | Raising Children Network | n.d.
Screen Time for Babies and Toddlers
| Raising Children Network | Raising Children Network | n.d.
Children's Media Use in America
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Children's Media Lives
Smartphones and Connected Childhoods
Should Children Take Phones to School?
| UNESCO | UNESCO | July 26, 2023
Global Education Monitoring Report: Technology in Education
| UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report | July 2023
Wait Until 8th: Why Delay Giving Children Smartphones?
| Wait Until 8th | Wait Until 8th | n.d.
Is Your Child Ready for a Smartphone?
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Your Child's First Phone
Giving Your Child Their First Smartphone
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
How to Set Up a Child's First Phone
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Basic Phones Versus Smartphones for Children
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Phones at Bedtime
| Sleep Foundation | Sleep Foundation | n.d.
Managing Notifications for Children
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Phone-Free Schools Movement
| Phone-Free Schools Movement | Phone-Free Schools Movement | n.d.
Cellphones in School: What Parents Should Consider
| Edutopia | George Lucas Educational Foundation | n.d.
Social Platforms, Influencers and Online Culture
Children and Digital Marketing
| World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe | WHO Europe | 2022
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Instagram
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to TikTok
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Snapchat
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to YouTube
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Discord
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Twitch
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to BeReal
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Reddit
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to WhatsApp
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Roblox
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Kidfluencers and Social Media
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
How Influencers Affect Children
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Talking to Children About Online Advertising
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
How Social Media Design Captures Attention
| Center for Humane Technology | Center for Humane Technology | n.d.
Cyberbullying, Harassment and Difficult Content
Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention and Response
| Sameer Hinduja and Justin Patchin | Cyberbullying Research Center | n.d.
Cyberbullying Warning Signs
| Cyberbullying Research Center | Cyberbullying Research Center | n.d.
Responding to Cyberbullying
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | StopBullying.gov | n.d.
Cyberbullying and Children With Disabilities
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | StopBullying.gov | n.d.
Online Hate and Children
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Helping Children Handle Disturbing News
| Harold Koplewicz | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
How to Talk to Children About Violent Videos
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Online Sexual Harassment
| Childnet International | Childnet | n.d.
Sexting Advice for Parents
Online Grooming
Online Enticement
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | NCMEC | n.d.
Financial Sextortion
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | NCMEC | n.d.
Take It Down
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | NCMEC | n.d.
Report CyberTipline
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | NCMEC | n.d.
Childline Online Safety Advice
Gaming, Virtual Worlds and Digital Spending
Protecting Children From In-Game Spending
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC Consumer Advice | January 15, 2014
Internet Gaming Disorder
| American Psychiatric Association | APA | n.d.
Gaming Safely as a Family
Online Gaming Advice Hub
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Healthy Gaming Habits
| Entertainment Software Rating Board | ESRB | n.d.
Understanding Video-Game Ratings
| Entertainment Software Rating Board | ESRB | n.d.
PEGI Ratings for Families
| Pan European Game Information | PEGI | n.d.
Gaming and Children With ADHD
Video Games and Emotional Regulation
| Digital Wellness Lab | Boston Children's Hospital | n.d.
What Parents Need to Know About Loot Boxes
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
Dark Patterns in Children's Apps
| Federal Trade Commission | FTC | n.d.
How to Choose Games for Children
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Gaming Safety Toolkit
| Childnet International | Childnet | n.d.
Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Emerging Technology
Guidance for Generative AI in Education and Research
| UNESCO | UNESCO | September 7, 2023
Policy Guidance on AI for Children
| UNICEF Innocenti | UNICEF | November 2021
Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
| UNESCO | UNESCO | November 2021
Children's Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment
| United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR | March 2, 2021
Age-Appropriate Design Code
| Information Commissioner's Office | ICO | September 2, 2020
AI Guide for Parents
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to Generative AI
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Ultimate Guide to ChatGPT
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
AI and the Future of Education
Children and Algorithmic Recommendations
| 5Rights Foundation | 5Rights Foundation | n.d.
Children's Code Fundamentals
| Information Commissioner's Office | ICO | n.d.
Designing Online Services for Children
| 5Rights Foundation | 5Rights Foundation | n.d.
Deepfakes and Children
| Internet Matters | Internet Matters | n.d.
AI-Generated Misinformation
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Learning, Homework and Digital Distraction
Keeping Kids Motivated for Online Learning
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | March 12, 2021
Screen Inferiority in Reading
| Pablo Delgado and colleagues | Educational Research Review | November 2018
Media Multitasking and Academic Performance
| May and Elder | Computers & Education | September 2018
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard
| Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer | Psychological Science | April 23, 2014
Laptop Multitasking Hinders Classroom Learning
| Faria Sana, Tina Weston and Nicholas Cepeda | Computers & Education | March 2013
How to Minimize Distractions During Online Learning
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Parents' Guide to Google Classroom
| Common Sense Media | Common Sense Media | n.d.
Helping Children Focus on Homework
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | n.d.
Student Privacy and Educational Technology
| U.S. Department of Education | Student Privacy Policy Office | n.d.
Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy | n.d.
Evaluating Educational Applications
| Common Sense Education | Common Sense Education | n.d.
Media Literacy Activities for Kids and Families
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Sleep, Exercise and Physical Well-Being
Teenagers and Sleep: A Complete Guide
| Child Mind Institute | Child Mind Institute | September 19, 2024
WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
| World Health Organization | WHO | November 25, 2020
Media, Food Advertising and Children
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Pediatrics | July 2020
Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence
| Monique LeBourgeois and colleagues | Pediatrics | November 2017
Healthy Sleep Habits for Children
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Myopia and Outdoor Time
| American Academy of Ophthalmology | AAO | n.d.
Screen Time and Physical Activity
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC | n.d.
Physical Activity Guidelines for School-Aged Children
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC | n.d.
Screen Time and Eating Habits
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Childhood Obesity and Screen Time
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC | n.d.
Emotional Regulation and Problematic Media Use
Young Children, Mobile Devices and Emotional Regulation
| Jenny Radesky and colleagues | JAMA Pediatrics | December 12, 2022
Problematic Smartphone Use
| Kirsten Weir | Monitor on Psychology | April 2020
Media Emotion Regulation
| Jenny Radesky and colleagues | Pediatrics | January 2018
Media Use and Attention Problems
| Edward Swing and colleagues | Pediatrics | August 2010
Problematic Interactive Media Use Clinic
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston Children's Hospital | n.d.
Digital Wellness Lab
| Boston Children's Hospital | Digital Wellness Lab | n.d.
Using Screens to Calm Children
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Internet Addiction and Children
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | AACAP | n.d.
When to Seek Professional Help
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | AACAP | n.d.
Mindful Technology Use
| American Psychological Association | APA | n.d.
Technology and Family Stress
| American Psychological Association | APA | n.d.
Strengthening Offline Relationships and Resilience
How Play Supports Development
| UNICEF | UNICEF Parenting | n.d.
Making Time for Family Connection
| American Academy of Pediatrics | HealthyChildren.org | n.d.
Family Meals and Child Well-Being
| American Psychological Association | APA | n.d.
Reading Aloud: A Shared Family Activity
| Reading Rockets | WETA | n.d.
Reach Out and Read
| Reach Out and Read | Reach Out and Read | n.d.
Screen-Free Week
| Fairplay | Screen-Free Week | n.d.
Family Volunteering
| AmeriCorps | AmeriCorps | n.d.
