Interesting links and studies about screentime

The main goal is to get our kids to enjoy non-display-activities as well and to learn how to self-control the consumption of such tempting media offerings.

By the age of 16, they should be fully educated and raised in a way that they know about the dangers of screen addictions having found triggers to say "No" regularly.

Our joint goal should not be to try to hinder them to use digital devices completely, on the contrary: Displays, games and Social Media are here to stay and will see an unprecedented level of popularity through the rise of ai… Hence, there is almost no way, we can forbid it and restricting it completely. That would definitely lead our kids down the wrong pass, as they will need to be able to cope, communicate and work with social media, tech and ai all their lives.

This is all about finding the equilibrium between screens & avatars (digital identities) and tangible human encounters (in-person identities). It is about being protective and strict enough though until they learn & grow to cope.

Here are some inspirations of how to create a DisplayPause early on in raising your kids:

Challenge: Build something with stuff you find in the yard for 30 minutes. Reward: 30 minutes game time.
Challenge: How many yellow cars do we see today. Each car is one minute in game time on the weekend.
Challenge: Play outside with a friend for x hours and you get x hours of game time.
Challenge: Read 20 pages in your favourite book and get 20 minutes of game time.
Challenge: Exercise with me for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Help us clean the house for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Get a grade point average in school above X to keep your screen time levels. If grades fall, screen time falls.

The main goal is to get our kids to enjoy non-display-activities as well and to learn how to self-control the consumption of such tempting media offerings.

By the age of 16, they should be fully educated and raised in a way that they know about the dangers of screen addictions having found triggers to say "No" regularly.

Our joint goal should not be to try to hinder them to use digital devices completely, on the contrary: Displays, games and Social Media are here to stay and will see an unprecedented level of popularity through the rise of ai… Hence, there is almost no way, we can forbid it and restricting it completely. That would definitely lead our kids down the wrong pass, as they will need to be able to cope, communicate and work with social media, tech and ai all their lives.

This is all about finding the equilibrium between screens & avatars (digital identities) and tangible human encounters (in-person identities). It is about being protective and strict enough though until they learn & grow to cope.

Here are some inspirations of how to create a DisplayPause early on in raising your kids:

Challenge: Build something with stuff you find in the yard for 30 minutes. Reward: 30 minutes game time.
Challenge: How many yellow cars do we see today. Each car is one minute in game time on the weekend.
Challenge: Play outside with a friend for x hours and you get x hours of game time.
Challenge: Read 20 pages in your favourite book and get 20 minutes of game time.
Challenge: Exercise with me for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Help us clean the house for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Get a grade point average in school above X to keep your screen time levels. If grades fall, screen time falls.

The main goal is to get our kids to enjoy non-display-activities as well and to learn how to self-control the consumption of such tempting media offerings.

By the age of 16, they should be fully educated and raised in a way that they know about the dangers of screen addictions having found triggers to say "No" regularly.

Our joint goal should not be to try to hinder them to use digital devices completely, on the contrary: Displays, games and Social Media are here to stay and will see an unprecedented level of popularity through the rise of ai… Hence, there is almost no way, we can forbid it and restricting it completely. That would definitely lead our kids down the wrong pass, as they will need to be able to cope, communicate and work with social media, tech and ai all their lives.

This is all about finding the equilibrium between screens & avatars (digital identities) and tangible human encounters (in-person identities). It is about being protective and strict enough though until they learn & grow to cope.

Here are some inspirations of how to create a DisplayPause early on in raising your kids:

Challenge: Build something with stuff you find in the yard for 30 minutes. Reward: 30 minutes game time.
Challenge: How many yellow cars do we see today. Each car is one minute in game time on the weekend.
Challenge: Play outside with a friend for x hours and you get x hours of game time.
Challenge: Read 20 pages in your favourite book and get 20 minutes of game time.
Challenge: Exercise with me for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Help us clean the house for x minutes and get x minutes of game time.
Challenge: Get a grade point average in school above X to keep your screen time levels. If grades fall, screen time falls.

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