Digital Smarts - Screen Time and Kids – It’s a Delicate Dance

It is a delicate dance figuring out how much screen time is too much for kids in a world where it is also important for them to be digitally savvy. A National Public Radio Education blog entry entitled Kids and Screen Time: Cutting Through the Static explains why it is so important, especially in the formative years, that kids have lots of face to face time. Real life interaction will give them practice reading emotion in voices and posture, and will help them navigate the turmoil of early adolescence. That is a kind of social learning that just won't fit in the palm of your hand.