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Mark Witt

Mark Witt

Aug 18, 2026

8:11
So how do you go about talking to parents about effective and safe use of screens?
8:18
Yeah, I think, first of all, it is a challenge because it's ever-present, right? And if you're not careful, they'll just go get it somewhere else, a friend's house or whatever.
8:27
And so I do think it's a topic that we address, and certainly parents ask about it quite often, how do I do this? And I am glad that the statement does suggest that everybody's different in terms of each child's different and each family's different.
8:42
So it allows a little bit of that wiggle room and not that hard and fast to our limit.
8:46
And so to me, I often, and I don't know about, and you can probably speak even as well or better than I, Paul, but to me, it's always been about What is that screen time replacing? We need to keep the dinner time.
8:59
We need to keep the exercise.
9:00
We need to keep the family time.
12:18
What are some of the other things as you've looked into this and tried to systematize your approach to digital wellness? What are some of the other things that you try to keep in mind as you're talking to families about screens?

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