Everything Grows

I put out a question on instagram to see if anyone would be interested in my input as an educator during this wild time of working from home and school closures for indefinite periods of time. I got some questions about screen time, so here we go. First off, we are under a whole new paradigm. We have to redefine what screen time even means…How do we determine how to limit or structure screen time for our kids when our whole lives are going virtual. One of the questions I got was…12 hours a day is fine right??!!! While I know this person was joking, I’m sure there are lots of people in the same spot. 12 hours a day isn’t great I’ll say, but also I think that for all of this we have to start from a place of compassion and understanding. Have grace for yourself as you figure out how to handle having your kids in your space all day every day indefinitely. When trying to figure out how much time to let your kids be on screens and what it should look like, I think the best place to start is ...