A few months ago, I saw a New York Post article entitled “It’s ‘digital heroin’: How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies“.
At the time, I could not bring myself to read it. Could there BE a more inflammatory headline aimed at guilt-ridden parents? But eventually, I did read it, because it was the most-shared parenting article on the Internet in 2016, with over 2.3 million shares.
Why did it get ALL those shares? Because CLEARLY, we parents don’t want technology to turn our kids into “psychotic junkies.” However, I am here to tell you that “screen time” is not the enemy—if we are responsible and vigilant with the way our kids use it. In fact, in my parenting, screen time has been an absolute ally and a help to me in my children’s education.