Thursday, November 3, 2016

New Media Guidelines by American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines for the use of media by adolescents. They have also created a great online tool to help families set up their own Media Use Plan to help determine the right balance of media and other healthy activities for each child. 

The AAP stresses that the guidelines are not a 'one size fits all' approach, and recommends that parents and caregivers develop a family media plan that takes into account the health, education and entertainment needs of each child as well as the whole family.

For school-aged children and adolescents, the idea is to balance media use with other healthy behaviors such as healthy meals, exercise, sleep, and family time. 





The Guidelines Statement can be read here: American Academy of Pediatrics Publications

Create your own Family Media Use Plan at: www.healthychildren.org/MediaUsePlan