Electronic Devices and Young Kids
Show: Healthy Children
As we move toward a more digital world, many parents are weighing the benefits of electronic devices - are they good or bad?
With schools moving to online classes because of the pandemic, kids are on phones and computers now more than ever.
So can kids be addicted to devices, how can you move kids offline, and what counts as screentime?
Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin is a general pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic and joins us this episode to talk about managing electronic devices.
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