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Play vs. Screen Time

Play vs. Screen Time

Posted by Kimber Christensen on

We started Little Sapling Toys the same year the iPhone 3G came out. We wouldn't have sold a single smart phone wooden teether because people were still rocking flip phones. "Screen time" was at an all-time low and was limited to TV and computers. Flash forward to 2015, children cry without their tablets and "screen time." 

Keeping kids entertained and productive during summer vacation is more than a full-time job for many parents: planning crafts and activities, packing up and going on outings, cleaning up after your kids and their friends. The draw of using video games, TV and other types of screen time to take up an hour or two of the day gets stronger and stronger as the summer goes on. The trouble is that it is so easy to let an hour or two turn into half a day or more.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation found:

“A recent study found that children today spend an average of 6 hours each day in front of the computer and TV but less than 4 minutes a day in unstructured outdoor play”

There is definitely a time and place for unwinding with a good movie or catching some work or shut-eye while your kids watch a show. Screens definitely have their uses! What they lack, though, is the ability to stimulate all of your children's senses. There is no substitute for exposure to the natural world as far as mental, physical and emotional well-being is concerned.

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