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A Parents Guide to Understanding the Harms of the Phone-Based Childhood

Introducing Catherine Price, who writes books on fun and on phones, and offers ten tips for helping you and your children scroll less and live more

As a health and science journalist and the author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, I’ve spent years developing evidence-backed suggestions for how adults and teens can manage their relationships with their devices. Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, gave a powerful and engaging TedX talk about the opportunity costs of screen time that I recommend watching with your kids This may take you many hours, but if your kid has access to the internet on any device, you need to invest time into understanding and activating the built-in parental controls available, especially for apps and sites that allow contact from strangers, such as social media and multi-player video games (including innocent-seeming ones, like Roblox).

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