Mar 19, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Children are spending more time online with hybrid and distance learning thanks to COVID-19. The good news is that there are ways to balance your child’s screen time while also creating a healthy home environment. However, it is important that you take the steps needed to monitor screen time, and allow for physical activity and critical thinking.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-qa-screen-healthy-home-children.html
Mar 18, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Preschoolers’ extensive use of electronic media, including game consoles, mobile phones, and tablets, is linked to a heightened risk of emotional and behavioral problems by the age of 5, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-preschoolers-extensive-electronic-media-linked.html
Mar 18, 2021
Moms – Megan Glosson
More kids than ever before are receiving ADHD diagnoses. But are kids really more hyperactive now than they were in previous decades? Well, if you look at the research, there could be other factors at play — particularly when it comes to children’s sleep.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/adhd-hyperactivity-sleep-children/
Mar 17, 2021
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
In a recent survey, parents are revealing their true fears about what the isolation and screen time are doing to their child’s socialization skills. Children have lived a very different life this last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Children have been isolated at home, missing their friends, classmates at school and family. They have also been spending more time in front of a screen. This increased screen time is due to remote learning as well as bored children who are looking for something to do, and mom who has run out of ways to entertain them.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/survey-reveals-parents-true-fears-screen-time-socialization/
Mar 17, 2021
The 74 Million – Kevin Mahnken
Adolescents have experienced a pronounced increase in symptoms of depression during a year of isolation and school closures, according to survey evidence released today. The research indicates that many have turned to digital health resources, as well as social media, to cope with the negative emotions stoked by COVID.
Read More: https://www.the74million.org/survey-more-young-people-are-depressed-during-the-pandemic-but-they-may-be-using-social-media-to-cope/
