Keeping Your Kids Off Tablets and Smart Phones

Kids are consuming content from computers, tablets and gaming consoles. To avoid health sleep interfering with academic potential, it's best to keep these devices used in family areas only and out of the rooms. You want to stop tea v viewing one to two hours before bed as light from the screens can affect the body's ability to fall asleep. Heavy tablet usage in early childhood has actually been shown to lead to delays and falling behind in fine motor skills needed for writing, cutting, drawing, et cetera.