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How to navigate family screen time when research interpretations differ

My family agreed to follow the AAP screen time guidelines after I presented all the research, but my spouse quietly thinks the studies are overblown and my teenager keeps finding new research that contradicts what we decided. Everyone is politely going along with rules that only I seem to believe in based on evidence that apparently isn't as solid as I thought.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Surface compliance with screen time guidelines masks deeper disagreement about the validity of underlying research.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Screen time guidelines — what research says?”

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