New Advice: Parents Should Share Screentime with Kids

Instead of playing a constant game of keep-away, parents are now encouraged to join the fun. Updated guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics on kids’ media usage represents a shift to making moms and dads “media mentors.” Previously the influential group of pediatricians suggested no media before age 2. Now they say there’s evidence toddlers as young as 18 months could learn and benefit from some forms of technology, as long as parents are there to guide them and the technology is not overly stimulating.