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The organization I work for, Common Sense Media, has done a good bit of research on screen time, addiction, and it's effect on families. Here is the report on

by shlant 8y ago

The organization I work for, Common Sense Media, has done a good bit of research on screen time, addiction, and it's effect on families. Here is the report on Technology Addiction: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/technology-addiction-concern-controversy-and-finding-balance https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/technology-addicti... Here is our other research reports covering a wide range of media/technology topics effecting children, families and teachers: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research?page=1 https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research?page=1

lacker 8y ago
Common Sense Media is great! I personally really appreciate the lists of educational apps, like https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/preschool-math-apps-games-and-websites https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/preschool-math-apps-g... . I strongly recommend that parents go through the educational apps on these lists and get ones that their kids find engaging.
topkai22 8y ago
And here is a quote from one of those guides that pretty much sums it up: “Pay attention to how your kids act during and after watching TV, playing video games, or hanging out online. If they're using high-quality, age-appropriate media; their behavior is positive; and their screen-time activities are balanced with plenty of healthy screen-free ones, there's no need to worry.” Since I work from home on a computer all day, it seemed wrong to send mixed messages about screen usage. One trick we use is to set Alexa timers when starting screen time with our preschool and kindergarteners. You can argue with mom and dad, but Alexa is implacable. Also, the play room must be cleaned up and homework done, which seems to provide the “privilege, not a right” context we are looking for. It helps we have far better behaved kids in general that I have any right to expect. I blame my wife.
charliepark 8y ago
Just want to say how fantastic Common Sense Media is, and what a great resource it provides for parents trying to be intentional about all of this. Thank you for what you and your team do! (And, to parents here who aren't familiar with their movie reviews and other resources, check them out: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ )
convivialdingo 8y ago
You guys are incredible, thank you so much for what you do!! Movie and TV reviews have gotten so hung up on performance, star power and visuals that they give us parents very little idea about content. They’re useless in many cases. I feel like common sense media is an amazing tool for those of us that are concerned with the content in media and helps parents make better decisions.
corey_moncure 8y ago
Thank you, Common Sense Media. Your website helped me get control over what my wife and parents were exposing my four year old daughter to, by establishing a neutral source of extremely valuable information. It became very easy to set guidelines thanks to your rating system and the wide range of titles reviewed. The new 3D animation style and cutesy animal characters are dangerously subversive. My mom thought I was being a grinch until I made her read a review from CSM of the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie she wanted to show my daughter: "There was a scene where the male Air Marshall (who was following them), woke up in a drunken haze (yes, there was a scene where shots and drinks were involved) with 2 new tattoos and in the bedroom or hotel room with another man (and all that that implied)." There is just no way this stuff is age appropriate. I don't care how far the Overton window has shifted. The Illumination Studios pictures are particularly insidious. I believe their content is generally inappropriate for young children, deleterious to moral character, culturally degenerate, etc. The character design aesthetics are offensive and stupefying. I wasn't surprised to find the same creative oversight involved in the duff Chipmunks pictures. Case in point is Sing, which when I looked it up, it turns out the movie is notorious for culturally stereotyped presentation of Japanese people, and animal singers who shake their butts around. There's no way young children can appropriately contextualize either of these things.
- fjsolwmv 8y ago
  This is funny to read. Kids stuff has been getting tamer and tamer over the years. Check out the early 2Oth Century Disney cartoons, the original Popeye, etc.
  - corey_moncure 8y ago
    Do you suppose a lot of four year olds were watching disney cartoons for hours in their homes in the early 20th century?
  - ip26 8y ago
    The audience for the original Disney cartoons, was adults.
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by shlant 8y ago

lacker 8y ago

Common Sense Media is great! I personally really appreciate the lists of educational apps, like https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/preschool-math-apps-games-and-websites https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/preschool-math-apps-g... . I strongly recommend that parents go through the educational apps on these lists and get ones that their kids find engaging.

topkai22 8y ago

And here is a quote from one of those guides that pretty much sums it up: “Pay attention to how your kids act during and after watching TV, playing video games, or hanging out online. If they're using high-quality, age-appropriate media; their behavior is positive; and their screen-time activities are balanced with plenty of healthy screen-free ones, there's no need to worry.” Since I work from home on a computer all day, it seemed wrong to send mixed messages about screen usage. One trick we use is to set Alexa timers when starting screen time with our preschool and kindergarteners. You can argue with mom and dad, but Alexa is implacable. Also, the play room must be cleaned up and homework done, which seems to provide the “privilege, not a right” context we are looking for. It helps we have far better behaved kids in general that I have any right to expect. I blame my wife.

charliepark 8y ago

Just want to say how fantastic Common Sense Media is, and what a great resource it provides for parents trying to be intentional about all of this. Thank you for what you and your team do! (And, to parents here who aren't familiar with their movie reviews and other resources, check them out: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ )

convivialdingo 8y ago

You guys are incredible, thank you so much for what you do!! Movie and TV reviews have gotten so hung up on performance, star power and visuals that they give us parents very little idea about content. They’re useless in many cases. I feel like common sense media is an amazing tool for those of us that are concerned with the content in media and helps parents make better decisions.

corey_moncure 8y ago

Thank you, Common Sense Media. Your website helped me get control over what my wife and parents were exposing my four year old daughter to, by establishing a neutral source of extremely valuable information. It became very easy to set guidelines thanks to your rating system and the wide range of titles reviewed. The new 3D animation style and cutesy animal characters are dangerously subversive. My mom thought I was being a grinch until I made her read a review from CSM of the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie she wanted to show my daughter: "There was a scene where the male Air Marshall (who was following them), woke up in a drunken haze (yes, there was a scene where shots and drinks were involved) with 2 new tattoos and in the bedroom or hotel room with another man (and all that that implied)." There is just no way this stuff is age appropriate. I don't care how far the Overton window has shifted. The Illumination Studios pictures are particularly insidious. I believe their content is generally inappropriate for young children, deleterious to moral character, culturally degenerate, etc. The character design aesthetics are offensive and stupefying. I wasn't surprised to find the same creative oversight involved in the duff Chipmunks pictures. Case in point is Sing, which when I looked it up, it turns out the movie is notorious for culturally stereotyped presentation of Japanese people, and animal singers who shake their butts around. There's no way young children can appropriately contextualize either of these things.

fjsolwmv 8y ago
This is funny to read. Kids stuff has been getting tamer and tamer over the years. Check out the early 2Oth Century Disney cartoons, the original Popeye, etc.
- corey_moncure 8y ago
  Do you suppose a lot of four year olds were watching disney cartoons for hours in their homes in the early 20th century?
- ip26 8y ago
  The audience for the original Disney cartoons, was adults.
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