Be tech wise with your baby
New parents have so much to consider. They may not be thinking about how to manage screens around their new baby.
Since technology overuse can be harmful to children’s health and development, this free resource for prospective and new parents encourages healthy screen-time habits from day 1 to allow babies to thrive. The guidance is especially helpful for pediatrician, OBGYN, other medical offices and outpatient therapy clinics; libraries; day care centers; and all other settings that provide information for new parents and caregivers.
Available in English and Spanish, the handout covers:
- how to boost baby’s brain development and communication skills from birth;
- ways that screen use by babies — and their caregivers — can impact a child’s healthy development
- tips for creating a home environment that sets baby up for optimal growth.
Download Tech Wise with Baby in English
Download Tech Wise with Baby in Spanish
Be tech wise with your toddler
Parents and caregivers are inundated with often-conflicting recommendations on screen time and technology usage by children.
This family-friendly handout is well suited for sharing in pediatrician, family practice, and other medical offices and outpatient therapy clinics; libraries, day care centers and preschools; and all other settings where information is provided to parents and caregivers of young children. The PDF can also be printed and/or distributed electronically through early intervention programs, parent support groups, and other networks.
Be Tech Wise With Toddler! focuses on children ages 1 to 3 years who are in a unique developmental period during which they build the foundational language, learning, literacy, and social–emotional skills they’ll need for life. This is also a time when many children begin to use tablets, smartphones, and other screens — which can interrupt their healthy development.
Available in English and Spanish, the handout covers:
- daily activities that help parents and caregivers boost their child’s brain, communication, and social–emotional development
- official screen time recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- the benefits of screen-free time — and how excessive screen use can disrupt a toddler’s development
- tips and advice for creating a healthy technology environment in the home
Download Tech Wise with Baby in English
Download Tech Wise with Baby in Spanish
Note
Screens and technology in this resource refer to popular technology devices such as smartphones, not augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices that are used to enable communication. AAC devices should be used at all times, in an interactive way.
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