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🙋🏻♂️When considering screen time have you heard the phrase “what is screen time replacing?” This is a common way of evaluating screen time, but what is this potentially overlooking?
🤔Yes, sometimes screen time replaces the potential for independent play or reading. But it also might replace:
🙋🏻♂️A parent too exhausted/overworked/dysregulated to be present with their child at the moment
⛳️An unsafe or limited outdoor environment. This comes up with extreme climates but also urban housing where backyards and parks are not equitably or safely available
👩👩👧👦A caregiver preoccupied with another child or work
😡Dangerous or destructive play
😞A child having to isolate and not see friends
🤬Loud or disruptive play that could interrupt work, a napping baby, or a grouchy neighbor
🌟Screen time is ALWAYS replacing something. Any activity is replacing another that could go in its place. When we frame screen time this way we are essentially framing it as the LAST option, only acceptable if all other activities have been used so they aren’t getting replaced by screen time.
➡️Instead, ask yourself: “could this screen time be easily and reasonably replaced with something else?”
🤔Sometimes the answer is yes: I can turn on the radio and have a dance party with my child while making dinner, I don’t have to use a screen. Other times the answer is no: due to a child’s limits, an adults limits, or situational limits, screen time is the best tool for the job.
What does screen time replace in your house?
