Tech Break

Feb 15th 2018

Tech Break 4760

Kids and Screen Time

Dr. Jenny Radesky on Screen Time and Kids

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Guests: Dr. Jenny Radesky, MD
Category: TWiT Bits

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Dr. Jenny Radesky about kids and screen time. In December we talked about our concerns about Facebook's new messaging app for kids. Now a group of 100 pediatricians, psychiatrists, educators, and other experts have sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to discontinue the Messenger Kids. One of the experts who signed that letter is Dr. Jenny Radesky, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and lead author of the latest guidelines on media and young minds from the American Academy of Pediatrics. She answers our questions.

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