Your Child (2-5 years old) and Screen Time
Has screen time use increased for your 2 to 5-year-old? You are not alone! Parents, it is so easy to be hard on yourselves for using screen time with your child more often as a calming strategy, reward, break, etc. as COVID-19 caused us to work from home and simultaneously provide childcare. How could you not implement more screen time? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) develops recommendations for media use and screen time for children. Here’s what we know: For toddle