Screen Time & Safety Tips
Information and resources about screen time, online safety for kids, and digital well-being.
Every family is unique, with particular needs, challenges, and goals. Keeping your family safe and connected as those needs, challenges, and goals change can be challenging. Fortunately, there are many resources to support your family’s digital well-being efforts and promote online safety for kids. Here are a few of our favorites:
Start with the basics. Explore screen time and media recommendations for different ages and stages:
- 5 C’s of media use. The 5 C’s, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, were inspired by and built upon the work of journalist & author, Lisa Guernsey. Find printable pages in English and Spanish with recommendations for babies to teenagers.
- 5 M’s. Developed by Dr. Michael Rich, this simple framework helps families establish healthy screen time habits for children and grown-ups.
Check out these resources to keep children safe and your whole family connected and well:
- Be Internet Awesome. This family guide offers tools and resources to learn about online safety and citizenship at home. Available in English and Spanish.
- Play Interland. Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with this online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games.
- Online Safety Tips for Parents from PBS Kids
- Online Health and Safety Resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Family Media Plan. This tool from the American Academy of Pediatrics guides families through the process of creating a media plan. Available in English and Spanish.
Keep learning and growing with these parenting resources:
- Healthy Children Podcast. Hosted by Dr. Edith Brancho Sanchez, a pediatrician and mother, this podcast offers insight and ideas for helping kids thrive in today’s world.
Find even more Support:
- Digital Parenthood is a virtual parenting support group. Created by experts, just for you. Here, you’re not alone.
Snow Day on Sesame Street
A story about the ways screen time can be “together time.”
Growth Mindset…for Grown-ups!
Staying positive can help you navigate changes and take on challenges with confidence.
AI and Us
A video about explaining AI to young children… and using it together as a family in helpful, interesting ways.
Understanding Digital Well-Being: A Guide for Parents & Caregivers
Digital well-being is about understanding and making choices about media as a part of family life, in order to learn, play, connect, relax, and feel closer to one another.
Using Your Words
A coloring page helping children explore words for big feelings.
Bring the Energy
Watch Rudy’s Mommy Maggie help him transition out of screen time playfully.
