How Verge readers, and writers, are managing our kids’ screen time
TL;DR
A Pew Research study shows 90% of kids watch TV, 61% use smartphones, and 50% play game consoles. Most parents have screen time rules, but 42% feel they could manage it better.
This week the Pew Research Center published a study about how parents managed screen time for their kids 12 and under. The results were not particularly surprising (or enlightening, if we're being honest). A full 90 percent of parents said their children watched TV, and 61 percent said their kids interact with smartphones at least on occasion. Somewhat surprisingly, only 50 percent said they let them play a game console of some kind. While 42 percent of respondents said they could do better managing their kids' screen time, 86 percent did say they had rules around screens, even if they didn't always stick to them.
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