{"id":2477,"date":"2017-04-06T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingtolearn.ca\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T23:47:05","slug":"new-tools-that-help-families-manage-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingtolearn.ca\/new-tools-that-help-families-manage-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tools That Help Families Manage Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guest Blog by\u00a0Jenifer Joy Madden.<\/p>\n

If digital gadgets and games are being designed to attract and hold kids\u2019 attention, American pediatricians are pushing back with their own design.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to give parents, and everybody really, a visual of how a child\u2019s day maps out and we can really understand what affects the balance in their lives and what you need to do to have a balanced lifestyle,\u201d says Corinn Cross, MD, FAPP, who came up with the idea for the Media Time Calculator<\/a>, a major piece of\u00a0the American Academy of Pediatrics new Family Media Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parents and kids can sit down together and\u00a0use the calculator to ensure\u00a0a\u00a024-hour day includes not only screen time, but everything else a child\u00a0needs to be healthy, balanced, and durable.<\/p>\n

Cross hopes the tool will\u00a0help families make time decisions based on their own\u00a0needs and priorities. \u201cWe don\u2019t want media use to be the driving force, but just to fill in gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Media Time Calculator, the recommended times\u00a0for sleep and physical activity are\u00a0set by\u00a0default according to a child’s age.\u00a0You can see in this\u00a03-minute demo\u00a0how\u00a0time available for\u00a0screen-based entertainment\u00a0quickly disappears:\"\"<\/p>\n