How to protect your kids' eyes and ears from too much screen time

Everywhere you look these days, whether at the mall, restaurants or grocery stores, you see kids hunched over screens, eyes glazed over and entranced by the flashing lights. It’s no surprise that they’re becoming just as obsessed with gadgets as we are, considering how much screen time they’re getting.

According to a study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, kids ages 2-10 years old spend an average of 2 hours and 7 minutes a day with screen media. And with products on the market like the Fisher-Price Apptivity Seat and the SnuggWugg Interactive Baby Pillow, even babies are being primed for screen time, despite recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics against any exposure before the age of 2. Read more...