School may be out, but summer reading is just heating up. I often get asked by kids in Screenagers’ audiences whether reading on an e-reader counts as screen time. While a screen is a screen, I highly encourage kids to read, whether it’s paper or electronic.
Let me say first and foremost I am still a paper book lover—for me and for my family. Just this week I took Tessa to the library to stock up on summer books. She went to the biography section and picked out a bunch.
Even though I am personally partial to paper books, I know that e-readers are incredibly convenient—they can store many books, and you can borrow books from the library, as well. They are so light and, often, the cost of an e-book is far less than a paper book.
All e-readers come with WiFi, but only some, like the Kindle Fire, are designed to double as a tablet. An e-reader with tablet-capabilities makes switching from the book to games too easy and tempting for kids to pass up. To keep your kids’ eyes on the words instead of the games this summer, I recommend only using e-readers that do not have tablet functionality.
True e-readers like Kindle, Nook, and Kobo make the reading experience the main focus. Each brand has several models ranging from the low end with lower resolution and no backlight to the top of the line with reduced blue light, touch screens, and lighter weights.
Below is a list of different models, prices, and features.
For this TTT, discover books you and your children could read together. Ask them if they prefer to read on a screen or a page.
NOOK GlowLight Plus - $129.99
Kindle - $79.99
Kindle Paperwhite - $119.99
Kindle Voyage - $199.99
KindleOasis - $289.99
Kobo Aura H₂O - $179.99
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School may be out, but summer reading is just heating up. I often get asked by kids in Screenagers’ audiences whether reading on an e-reader counts as screen time. While a screen is a screen, I highly encourage kids to read, whether it’s paper or electronic.
Let me say first and foremost I am still a paper book lover—for me and for my family. Just this week I took Tessa to the library to stock up on summer books. She went to the biography section and picked out a bunch.
Even though I am personally partial to paper books, I know that e-readers are incredibly convenient—they can store many books, and you can borrow books from the library, as well. They are so light and, often, the cost of an e-book is far less than a paper book.
All e-readers come with WiFi, but only some, like the Kindle Fire, are designed to double as a tablet. An e-reader with tablet-capabilities makes switching from the book to games too easy and tempting for kids to pass up. To keep your kids’ eyes on the words instead of the games this summer, I recommend only using e-readers that do not have tablet functionality.
True e-readers like Kindle, Nook, and Kobo make the reading experience the main focus. Each brand has several models ranging from the low end with lower resolution and no backlight to the top of the line with reduced blue light, touch screens, and lighter weights.
Below is a list of different models, prices, and features.
For this TTT, discover books you and your children could read together. Ask them if they prefer to read on a screen or a page.
NOOK GlowLight Plus - $129.99
Kindle - $79.99
Kindle Paperwhite - $119.99
Kindle Voyage - $199.99
KindleOasis - $289.99
Kobo Aura H₂O - $179.99
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School may be out, but summer reading is just heating up. I often get asked by kids in Screenagers’ audiences whether reading on an e-reader counts as screen time. While a screen is a screen, I highly encourage kids to read, whether it’s paper or electronic.
Let me say first and foremost I am still a paper book lover—for me and for my family. Just this week I took Tessa to the library to stock up on summer books. She went to the biography section and picked out a bunch.
Even though I am personally partial to paper books, I know that e-readers are incredibly convenient—they can store many books, and you can borrow books from the library, as well. They are so light and, often, the cost of an e-book is far less than a paper book.
All e-readers come with WiFi, but only some, like the Kindle Fire, are designed to double as a tablet. An e-reader with tablet-capabilities makes switching from the book to games too easy and tempting for kids to pass up. To keep your kids’ eyes on the words instead of the games this summer, I recommend only using e-readers that do not have tablet functionality.
True e-readers like Kindle, Nook, and Kobo make the reading experience the main focus. Each brand has several models ranging from the low end with lower resolution and no backlight to the top of the line with reduced blue light, touch screens, and lighter weights.
Below is a list of different models, prices, and features.
For this TTT, discover books you and your children could read together. Ask them if they prefer to read on a screen or a page.
NOOK GlowLight Plus - $129.99
Kindle - $79.99
Kindle Paperwhite - $119.99
Kindle Voyage - $199.99
KindleOasis - $289.99
Kobo Aura H₂O - $179.99
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
This year, millions of students are experiencing a major shift: school days without phones, smartwatches, or other personal devices. Today we explore the wins, hurdles, and solutions helping schools succeed. We also share our resources that you can use to support technology policy changes in your schools.
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I recently sat down with middle school principal Zach at his school in Washington State. We talked about the challenges Zach and his team faced in his early years as principal when students used phones during school, and how he brought about a powerful transformation by having phones and smartwatches put away in locked pouches for the whole school day. In today’s blog, to raise awareness of the challenges, I share five real examples from Zach of the troubling ways students use phones at school to be unkind.
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It is with great pleasure that I share with you today a piece that Lisa Tabb and I did for Jonathan Haidt's (Author of The Anxious Generation) and researcher Zack Rausch's Substack blog — After Babel. In it, we discuss the rise in use of smartwatches in elementary schools and the problems they pose. There is a real cost to arming (pun intended) our kids with these devices and sending them to school. Now is the time to stop and fully address this topic and ensure that schools become smartwatch and phone-free.
READ MORE >for more like this, DR. DELANEY RUSTON'S NEW BOOK, PARENTING IN THE SCREEN AGE, IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PARENTS. WITH INSIGHTS ON SCREEN TIME FROM RESEARCHERS, INPUT FROM KIDS & TEENS, THIS BOOK IS PACKED WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO START AND SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.
