screen time
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In the News
How much screen time for kids is too much?
Many teachers and parents wonder when excess screen use becomes harmful for kids, but recent research shows the two-hour mark…
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Health and Wellbeing
Outside school care needs ‘more exercise, fewer screens’: new guidelines
Outside school hours care (OSHC) provides an invaluable service to parents in the community, allowing more flexibility in being able…
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Health and Wellbeing
Preschool directors say too much screen time is ‘substantially impacting’ school readiness
New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that modern lifestyles, including too much screen time, are…
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Health and Wellbeing
The Screen Time Budget: How teaching parents how to budget screen time can help negotiate the minefield of kids and technology
Last week, after discussing how much time was being spent in front of Minecraft, my eldest came back at me…
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Podcasts
Studies cast doubt on screen time rules
When five pm hits, Jessica flicks on the TV. She knows Lula, her two-and-a-half-year-old, will pass the witching hour in relative…
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In the News
Screen time can delay young kids’ development: study
Too much time spent watching TV and playing computer games can hold back the development of young children, new research…
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In the News
The daily, three-step formula for high performance children
Step 1: 60 minutes of physical activity Step 2: two hours or less of recreational screen time Step 3: 9–11 hours…
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