If I Limit My Child’s Screentime, Will it Make Them Crave it More?

Alison Yeung of The Smartphone Effect posted recently about how, if your child is constantly complaining about being ‘bored’ anytime they aren’t in front of a screen, it may be an early warning sign that trouble is coming, and finding ways to limit screentime may be in everyone’s best interest.

In this blogpost she examines the question of whether limiting screentime increases the craving.

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