Ten Research-Backed Tips on Parenting in a Digital Era

Photo caption: A student does her remote learning at a Boys and Girls Club in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Ben Hasty / MediaNews Group / Reading Eagle via Getty Images). Article by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. SMITHSONIANMAG.COM – February 16, 2021.

With screen time at a high during the Covid-19 pandemic, two educators offer some advice

While there hasn’t been a major study published yet on how much time students have spent online during the Covid-19 pandemic, every indication suggests that the answer is “more.” In this era of social distancing, stay-at-home orders, online schooling and the return to in-person classes, research is more important than ever—it can help teach us how to parent well in a digital era. Experience matters too, of course; what you know from observation and from your child’s personal history can provide essential context for how to apply the data. […]

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