The Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics released a report where 1,323 middle childhood participants were studied over a 13-month period to see the difference between children who limited their TV and Video Game time to 2 hour or less per day versus those who did not limit their time.

The results concluded that those who did not limit their time had increased attention problems. As a parent, it’s easy to want to let our children veg in front of the TV or play video games. Heck, it’s easy to get them to do, occupies their time and we can get a lot of “me time” and other things done. However, we all know that the easy thing isn’t always the right thing!

Instead of doing the easy thing, get involved in your children’s lives. Set in place time limits for media. Use parent control software to help enforce time limits online. Replace that time with activities where you can grow as a family. One day when your children and grown and out of the house, you’ll look back and be thankful that you did the right thing and built those memories and strong relationships with your children versus remembering them vegging in front of a TV or video game hours on end.