screentime

One mum has shared her family’s screen-free Sunday ritual that has been ‘an amazing reset’ for them all. She took to Reddit to share what her family have been doing and lots of people have commented to say that they’re going to try it with their family. In her post, the woman explained: “We started […]

1 year ago

Spoiler: You have to look at how often you check your own phone, too. There is no denying that technology is going to play a vast part in our children’s lives, that much is clear.  Another fact that is going to have a massive effect on their entire generation is that the age when tech […]

3 years ago

“Apparently no-one else has these limits” Ah screen time – a topic so divisive I almost run and hide from my laptop every time we write about it. Ok, slight exaggeration, but you guys have some seriously strong opinions about it. Other people’s opinions are getting to one mother in particular who took to Mumsnet […]

4 years ago

Keeping it real. We love keeping up with Amy Schumer on Instagram. The actress and mum-of-one is keeping things very real and relatable when it comes to parenting – and we are loving her for it. Last week, Schumer shared a video to the social media channel where she claimed she was cutting back on […]

6 years ago

The impact of screens and smart phones on our children is still quite a new phenomenon. We have all been told they are used too often as a behavioural tool or what some people in the industry call, ‘shut-up toys’ Now, researchers at the University of Sussex have found that technology is having a bigger impact on parent-child interaction than […]

10 years ago

Experts are warning that screen time acts like a digital drug on children’s brains, after the latest study revealed that pre-schoolers are spending up to four hours per day staring at a device of some kind. According to new research by British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom, three and four-year-olds are spending an average of 71 minutes […]

10 years ago