These suggestions are based on the idea that healthy cognitive development of young kids is built through face-to-face interaction. In April 2019, the World Health Organization issued much-anticipated guidelines (Opens in a new tab) around screen time for preschool-aged kids: One hour a day is the recommended maximum for children under 5. Parents' questions often boil down to 'how much is too much?' Though this is rarely met with a definitive answer, recent research can at least shine a light on best practices. As it becomes clearer that remote learning and working aren't wearing off, screen time could become a daily hurdle for more parents than it was pre-pandemic. Months and months of being penned up with little to do but stare at a screen hurled the issue to the forefront of parenting conversations.

Screen learning and screen time restrictions are increasingly popular points of study. Kids' tablets go far past keeping them occupied during a long car ride or a boring family gathering. What's going on in the world of screen time recommendations? Kids' tablets could be the healthy balance between giving your kids the access to tech that they want without turning them into the kid having a meltdown over Roblox in the grocery store. But too many restrictions or a hard 'no' to devices at all could do more harm than good. So it's fine to admit it: It'd be kinda sweet if they had something of their own so that your phone wasn't perpetually doused in mystery slime.

Your kids have probably mastered the features on your iPhone better than you have. Technology has changed a lot since you were small.

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