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Time spent in front of our computers, phones and tablets has skyrocketed during the pandemic. That’s especially true for children, whose pre-pandemic screen time was already high. 

 of more than 3,000 parents, their kids’ screen time has doubled during the crisis. A pediatrician and a communications professor join host Angela Davis to talk about how this could be affecting children’s well-being and how to balance screen use. 

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Children’s screen use before the pandemic was already high — distance learning has only added to that. A pediatrician and a communications professor join host Angela Davis to talk about how this could be affecting children’s wellbeing and how to balance screen use.

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