According to a Gallup Poll, 70% of teens check their phone several times an hour. We know that is true for many adults too. Constant notifications from social sites, texts and more play a big part in this compulsion.
Snapchat is one of the most popular social media apps for kids and according to Business Insider:
"A Snapchat insider tells us that the most active Snapchat users get hundreds' of Snaps per day. When asked for a more refined number, the insider suggested that '150 might be a good approximation.' The average active Snapchat user, meanwhile, the insider estimates, gets 20-50 Snaps per day. The average active user (teenagers), the insider says, now gets more "Snaps" than texts."
So, if your child gets the average number of Snaps per day, that's a lot of interruptions and distractions. My husband and 17-year-old son went on a 5 day trip together in April and my husband asked our son to remove notifications on his phone for the trip. Then, just yesterday my son and I were talking about notifications and it turns out he never turned them back on since that trip in April. He said it has made a difference in how often he checks his phone.
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According to a Gallup Poll, 70% of teens check their phone several times an hour. We know that is true for many adults too. Constant notifications from social sites, texts and more play a big part in this compulsion.
Snapchat is one of the most popular social media apps for kids and according to Business Insider:
"A Snapchat insider tells us that the most active Snapchat users get hundreds' of Snaps per day. When asked for a more refined number, the insider suggested that '150 might be a good approximation.' The average active Snapchat user, meanwhile, the insider estimates, gets 20-50 Snaps per day. The average active user (teenagers), the insider says, now gets more "Snaps" than texts."
So, if your child gets the average number of Snaps per day, that's a lot of interruptions and distractions. My husband and 17-year-old son went on a 5 day trip together in April and my husband asked our son to remove notifications on his phone for the trip. Then, just yesterday my son and I were talking about notifications and it turns out he never turned them back on since that trip in April. He said it has made a difference in how often he checks his phone.
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According to a Gallup Poll, 70% of teens check their phone several times an hour. We know that is true for many adults too. Constant notifications from social sites, texts and more play a big part in this compulsion.
Snapchat is one of the most popular social media apps for kids and according to Business Insider:
"A Snapchat insider tells us that the most active Snapchat users get hundreds' of Snaps per day. When asked for a more refined number, the insider suggested that '150 might be a good approximation.' The average active Snapchat user, meanwhile, the insider estimates, gets 20-50 Snaps per day. The average active user (teenagers), the insider says, now gets more "Snaps" than texts."
So, if your child gets the average number of Snaps per day, that's a lot of interruptions and distractions. My husband and 17-year-old son went on a 5 day trip together in April and my husband asked our son to remove notifications on his phone for the trip. Then, just yesterday my son and I were talking about notifications and it turns out he never turned them back on since that trip in April. He said it has made a difference in how often he checks his phone.
Thoughtful family tech rules help protect kids’ wellbeing, learning, and sleep while strengthening connection at home. Using the fresh start of a new year, this post shares eight practical tech habits families can discuss and adapt together, including shared social media check-ins, screen time inventories, device-free meals, regular gaming breaks, and keeping phones out of bedrooms at night.
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Psychologist Jean Twenge explains how parental controls can support healthier tech use by protecting sleep, limiting late night device access, and reducing kids’ exposure to content they are not developmentally ready to handle. She discusses why third party parental control tools are often more effective and easier to use than built in options, while acknowledging that no system is perfect. Clear boundaries, combined with technology based limits, can reduce ongoing conflict and make screen time rules easier to enforce.
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