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Stephanie Lowe

How to reduce screen time: 9 simple tips from family therapists and a neuroscientist (and #4 is an easy win)

Kid on sofa with tablet.

If you frequently wonder how to reduce screen time, you are not alone. I don't know about you but my phone feels surgically attached to my hand, I'm not sure my six-year-old has ever seen me without it, to be fair.

Screentime is a huge conversation among parents right now, whether it's the benefits of screen time, how to keep kids safe on screens, or many parents have noticed a change to their kids' behaviour if they're on a screen for more than two hours in a day "it drops off a cliff", mum-of-two, Debs tells me, "and the sass skyrockets."

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