Getting kids to put down their phones doesnât have to be a battle. Carl Court/Getty Images
As vaccines become more available and life begins returning to so-called normal, caregivers and educators may have to contend with dramatically increased screen habits that kids developed during the pandemic.
My research offers a positive â dare I say joyful â way to wean a child off of a screen habit. Instead of focusing on the excessive screen time, my approach focuses on the healthy activities that kids could be doing instead.
Displaced activities
Two theories explain the risks of excessive recreational screen time: the content theory and the displacement theory.
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