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Six top tips to cut kids' screen time
Manchester Evening News|January 28, 2025
Parents and experts share their game-changers for reducing tech use.
- LISA SALMON
Six top tips to cut kids' screen time

CHILDREN and young people's obsession with screens can drive their parents mad - almost literally.

Frequent battles over how long kids spend on screens can stress some grown-ups out, and this year's Parent Mental Health Day (January 30) has a theme of #ScreenSmartParenting to address growing concerns about the impact of technology on families' wellbeing.

"Inevitably, too much engagement on screens may lead to parents worrying about what their child or young person might be exposed to," says consultant clinical psychologist Dr Nihara Krause, founder of the teenage mental health charity stem4, which runs Parent Mental Health Day.

"There may be difficulty in gauging how screen time might be affecting children and young people, a lack of balance in terms of other activities, and a general feeling of not being in control."

This story is from the January 28, 2025 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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