Recommended Reading
- Taking Back Childhood by Nancy Carlsson-Paige
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
- Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
Articles
- Mindfulness and the Average Smartphone
- Time to Put Your Kids on a Media Diet
- Technology in Education: What Teachers Should Know
- Selected Research on Screen Time and Children
- A Reconsideration of Children and Screen Time
- Before You Scroll, Try This Mindful Social Media Practice
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Young Children in the Digital Age: A Parent’s Guide
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How to help families determine if social media may be problematic for their child
Websites
- Common Sense Media: Evidence-based media advice, parent handouts and age-related ratings of movies, games, and books
- Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
- Facing the Screen Dilemma: Research Summary of Media and Early Childhood
- Science News: Articles on media and child development
- American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines
- Technology in Education: What Teachers Should Know
- Center for Humane Technology
- Children’s Screen Time Action Network – Resource Library
- Social Media Test Drive
Useful Apps
- Moment App– Provides a daily summary of how much time has been spent on a device. (iPhone only)
- Quality Time – Monitors usage and creates reports on time spent on smartphone and apps. (Android only)
- Teensafe – Monitor and protect teenagers safety on phones and devices.
- Circle with Disney – Filters content and provides time limits for any devices connected to the household wifi.
- K9 Protection – Free web content filter
- ParentKit – Time limit and content filter for iPhone
- 30 Best Apps for ADHD – Article summarizing productivity apps and more
- 5 Best To-Do List Managers – Article summarizing productivity apps
- Screentime – Monitor and manage screen time, set limits, and create incentives to earn screen time
- Moment Family – Monitor your entire family’s iPhone and iPad users from the comfort of your own phone.
- Go Guardian – For schools to monitor classroom time
- Freedom – Stop being distracted by your device. Control distractions and focus on what matters.
- Qustodio – The easiest way to supervise your kids online
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Microsoft Family Safety app – Parental control app
- Norton Family – To help supervise your kids’ online activities, and help keep them away from websites with unsuitable content.
- Net Nanny – Parental Control to Keep Your Kids and Family Safe Online