I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen... by Cora Breuner

I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10.

Cora Breuner

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I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10, and all of them need to be charged away from the bed on a phone charge strip. Everybody : Mom, Dad, uncle, partners, siblings.

People say,' Well, just let them play ; we should let them run around and ride bikes,' and I'm like,' That's like the 1950s. That's not actually going to happen.'.

We see so many of our high school students spending over four, five, six hours per day on non-educational screen time.

When it comes to all of these behaviors, we set rules, expectations and reward positive behavior, as opposed to having it always be negative.

We have to get more parental and community involvement so that it's a collaborative effort between the schools, the parents and the communities to get kids off the screens, to exercise more and to spend more time with each other socially versus isolating themselves.

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You need to be a resource for them, as well as your pediatrician and school.

Not only do kids have sex when you have an abstinence-only curriculum, they get pregnant more than those who have a comprehensive sexual education.

If we don’t bring it up in a calm and open environment, they are... by Cora Breuner

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Many people who are depressed or anxious don't have much of a libido so the concept of having less of one may be moot if they are having a hard time getting out of bed at all or getting to school or going out with their friends to the mall.

It’s this perfect storm where you have isolated learning, decreased social interaction with peers, and parents who also are struggling with similar issues.