Media Use in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
policy statement focuses children adolescents 5 18 years age research suggests benefits risks media use health children teenagers benefits include exposure new ideas knowledge acquisition increased opportunities social contact support new opportunities access healthpromotion messages information risks include negative health effects weight sleep exposure inaccurate inappropriate unsafe content contacts compromised privacy confidentiality parents face challenges monitoring childrens media use serving positive role models new era evidence regarding healthy media use support onesizefitsall approach parents pediatricians work together develop family media use plan wwwhealthychildrenorgmediauseplan considers childrens developmental stages individualize appropriate balance media time consistent rules media use mentor children set boundaries accessing content displaying personal information implement open family communication media