Screen Time Checklist

Latter-day Woman Magazine Team

Do you ever notice that after a child has been watching a screen – TV, phone, tablet, Kindle, gaming system – and you ask them to turn it off or pull them away from it, suddenly they’re grumpy and may have an outburst, tantrum, or snarky behavior once the screen has been removed?

Kids can quickly become overstimulated from screen time without realizing it, which leads to worse moods, more anxiety, higher levels of irritability, and poor behavior. So, before you give your child any screen time, try checking some things off this list first. (Free printable.)