{"id":1753,"date":"2008-05-13T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janice-campbell.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2018-08-14T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:37:28","slug":"how-to-reduce-screen-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/how-to-reduce-screen-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reduce Screen Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Screen time happens, and like a weed, it can start smothering good things. How can you reduce the amount of time your family spends with screens and media? Here are a few thoughts from Charlotte Mason on making and transforming habits, ten tips from the government, and a detox plan from Oliver DeMille that might be just the thing to help\u00a0your family\u00a0reduce screen time.<\/p>\n

\"Charlotte<\/p>\n

Timing, substitution, and consistency is the key. As Miss Mason states in a passage about changing bad habits, “one custom overcomes another. The watchful mother sets up new tracks in other directions; and she sees to it, that while she is leading new thoughts through the new way, the old, deeply worn ‘way of thinking’ is quite disused” (v. 2, p. 89). Slow and steady wins the race!<\/p>\n

How to\u00a0change the screen-watching habit<\/h1>\n
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  1. Wait for a natural break in routine to introduce a change<\/li>\n
  2. Plan a wide variety of family activities to substitute\u00a0for time previously spent in front of a screen<\/li>\n
  3. Stay focused and consistent until the new habit is established<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1\u00a0\u2013 Choose a natural transition time<\/h2>\n

    One of the easiest ways to begin is to wait for a natural transition time\u00a0\u2014 the beginning or end of the school year, a family wedding or house move, a vacation, or anything that breaks into the normal routine. Have a family meeting and let everyone know that a change is coming, when it will arrive, and what you expect life to look like once the change occurs. Depending on the age of your students, it may not be necessary to explain that the changes are taking place in order to reduce screen time. You can simply announce that the family will be learning a new art or increasing participation in a desirable activity. Focusing on the positive makes the upcoming change something to look forward to, rather than something to dread.<\/p>\n

    2\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Plan activities<\/h2>\n

    <\/a>\"\"In A Thomas Jefferson Education<\/em><\/a>, Oliver DeMille suggests a useful method for “detoxing” the family when switching from institutional education to something more nurturing. His ideas fit well with Charlotte Mason<\/a>‘s thoughts on changing a bad habit, and both are\u00a0appropriate ways to reduce screen time. DeMille recommends\u00a0“a careful program of family activity\u00a0. . . which emphasizes wholesome activity that does not reward conformity but the attention of the individuals. Some examples include hiking<\/a>, hands-on art creation, service projects, travel, etc.” (94).<\/p>\n

    DeMille\u00a0cautions that a major change can be stressful, but by “over-programming family time with wholesome and constructive projects, the family can ease off” gently and move into a lifestyle more conducive to learning. This aligns nicely with my favorite admonishment to “do and be; don’t sit and stare!” As an additional benefit, doing a variety of activities together helps parents be a good example.<\/p>\n

    3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Be focused and consistent<\/h2>\n

    Miss Mason writes that as new habits are being formed, the family\u00a0“sets up the course of new thoughts, and hinders those of the past, until the new thoughts shall have become automatic and run of their own accord. All the time a sort of disintegration is going on in the place that held the disused thoughts\u00a0. . .”. \u00a0New habits will become ever more firmly established as old ones are shelved and forgotten.<\/p>\n

    More tips<\/h3>\n

    Excessive screen time is bad for health, too, so the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute<\/a> of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services offers a number of free resources. These include the\u00a0Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!<\/a>\u00a0curriculum and a screen time tracking chart<\/a> (PDF) to help you reduce screen time. The ten helpful tips<\/a> below can be downloaded as a PDF as well.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Talk to Your Family<\/li>\n
    2. Set a Good Example<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Log Screen Time vs. Active Time<\/li>\n
    4. Make Screen Time = Active Time<\/li>\n
    5. Set Screen Time Limits<\/li>\n
    6. Create Screen-free Bedrooms<\/li>\n
    7. Make Meal Time = Family Time<\/strong><\/li>\n
    8. Provide Other Options<\/li>\n
    9. Don’t Use TV Time as Reward or Punishment<\/li>\n
    10. Understand TV Ads & Placements<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Oh, the things you can do!<\/h3>\n

      Just imagine how many interesting things can be done once the screen time habit is broken! There could be books, drawing, music, creative hobbies, imaginative play, and so much more.\u00a0Ultimately, the reward\u00a0is to see each family member gradually develop genuine interests in constructive activities and the reading of good books<\/a>. Some will take longer than others, but the effort to reduce screen time is truly worth it.<\/p>\n

      Resources<\/h3>\n

      AmblesideOnline.org offers free lesson plans, and many of them will help to cultivate creative habits, including artist study,<\/a> music\/composer study<\/a>, nature study<\/a>, and poetry study<\/a>. Studying great models helps students not only to become more culturally literate, but to also develop an understanding of beauty, proportion, and artistic communication.<\/p>\n

      How to cultivate your creative brain <\/a>: This review of Your Creative Brain<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Shelley Carson outlines Carson’s seven principles for becoming more creative.<\/p>\n

      If you want to learn how to do any sort of handwork, you can learn from a book, a local class (find them at art museums, craft stores, county parks and recreation departments) or online instructions (YouTube, Skillshare<\/a>, Craftsy<\/a>, Ravelry,<\/a> etc.), or better still, from a live person sitting next to you. Grandparents can often teach delightful skills\u2014if you don’t have grandparents nearby, contact an assisted living home, and see if there are older people who might enjoy sharing a handcraft.<\/p>\n

      \n

      If you’re not familiar with A Thomas Jefferson Education<\/em><\/a>, by Oliver Van DeMille, it’s a\u00a0book I found helpful. My copy flutters with sticky notes\u00a0and the text is annotated all the way through. I came across TJ Education fairly late in our homeschool career, but it was compatible in many ways to the educational principles I gleaned from classical education and Charlotte Mason’s work.<\/p>\n

      We participate in the Amazon affiliate program, so Amazon links are affiliate links (see details below, under “Disclosure.” I also participate in a few other referral programs for products or services I have used and especially like, including Skillshare<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A study published in 2010 on \"Family Scholarly Culture and Educational Success\" (PDF), reports that a family's \"scholarly culture \u2013 the way of life in homes where books are numerous, esteemed, read, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books and Reading"","block_context":{"text":"Books and Reading","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Education is an atmosphere;, illustrated by a Mary Cassatt image.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Education-is-an-atmosphere..jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Education-is-an-atmosphere..jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Education-is-an-atmosphere..jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1736,"url":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/charlotte-mason-on-the-folly-of-too-much-talk\/","url_meta":{"origin":1753,"position":4},"title":"Charlotte Mason on Teachers Who Talk Too Much","author":"Janice Campbell","date":"December 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I most appreciate about Charlotte Mason is her deep understanding of how children learn, and how curiosity and creativity can be stifled by certain teaching norms, including talking too much, being repetitive, and giving tests and quizzes. I remember\u00a0the frightful tedium of being in thrall to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Charlotte Mason"","block_context":{"text":"Charlotte Mason","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/category\/homeschool\/charlotte-mason\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Charlotte Mason on teachers who talk too much.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/teachers-who-talk-too-much.jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/teachers-who-talk-too-much.jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/teachers-who-talk-too-much.jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1796,"url":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/charlotte-mason-on-teaching-with-literature\/","url_meta":{"origin":1753,"position":5},"title":"Charlotte Mason on Teaching With Literature","author":"Janice Campbell","date":"May 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Stories bring knowledge alive and engage emotional memory in a way that makes abstract principles and arcane facts easy to understand and remember. When learning can be joyous and simple, why make it boring and difficult (and pointless because they are unlikely to remember anything) by using tedious worksheets and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Charlotte Mason"","block_context":{"text":"Charlotte Mason","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/category\/homeschool\/charlotte-mason\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=everydayeducatio&l=li2&o=1&a=0842313605","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p65lfN-sh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}