Setting limits for older children

Establish clear rules and set reasonable limits for your child's use of digital media. Consider these tips:

• Encourage unplugged, unstructured playtime.
• Create tech-free zones or times, such as during mealtime or one night a week.
• Discourage use of media entertainment during homework.
• Set and enforce daily or weekly screen time limits and curfews, such as no exposure to devices or screens one hour before bedtime.
• Consider using apps that control the length of time a child can use a device.
• Keep screens out of your child's bedroom and consider requiring your children to charge their devices outside of their bedrooms at night.
• Eliminate background TV.