iPhones, tablets, and talking, oh my...

This recent (ish) study has been floating around Facebook lately and being shared in local parenting groups.  How are you recommending families use handheld devices?  We recommend various educational apps and ways to include screen time as a part of a balanced (and realistic) home life.  But we don't often do much in the way of "shoulds" as far as time or limits.

  

"By their 18-month check-ups, 20 percent of the children had daily average handheld device use of 28 minutes, as reported by their parents. Using a screening tool for language delay, researchers found that the more handheld screen time a child’s parent reported, the more likely the child was to have expressive speech delays."

http://www.aappublications.org/news/2017/05/04/PASScreenTime050417

http://leader.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2647387