Part of the FamilyDecode Method: Decode → Plan → Practice → Review
These figures come from Pew Research Center’s May 2025 survey of 3,054 U.S. parents or guardians of children age 12 and younger.
Device-use prevalence does not by itself measure whether use is healthy or harmful. The American Academy of Pediatrics increasingly emphasizes context: content, developmental stage, sleep, physical activity, family interaction and how media fits into a child’s overall day.
Instead of chasing a single perfect number for every child, families can create predictable media rules, protect sleep and movement, choose appropriate content and revisit the plan as children mature.
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