Parents Perspective on the Effects of Screen Time with Children

Screen time is emotionally beneficial for children. Recent trends have provided additional use cases for screen time to benefit children.

https://www.unicef.org/globalinsight/stories/rethinking-screen-time-time-covid-19

Benefits of screen time vary by child, type, and age. Excessive use or avoidance of screen time do not matter and typically kids seem to turn out fine. This is hard to measure however and additional studies are needed.

https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/925-how-does-the-time-children-spend-using-digital-technology-impact-their-mental-well.html

Screen time can be beneficial for several reasons and on certain occasions:

Prepares the child for future use of screens since they are used extensively in education and workplace

Provides education or social interaction

Fosters engagement

Quality of the screen time plays a big role in how it will effect the child.

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-ways-screen-time-can-benefit-children-and-families

https://www.coordikids.com/limiting-childrens-screen-time/

The type of screen time matters and it matters more based on who your child is. Some shows have high stimulation and some shows have low stimulation. For high stimulation shows, a child's brain can go into overdrive and when that happens, the brain shuts down. So for high stim shows, your child could be no longer processing that they see. Furthermore, if these shows are constant, the child's brain could adapt to this being normal speed and then have challenges adapting to the slower speed of "normal" life.