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Parents, cut yourself some slack on screen time limits while you're stuck at home

  • Written by Brenna Hassinger-Das, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pace University
Some of the old rules may no longer apply.shapecharge/Getty

As families hunker down during the coronavirus pandemic, many parents may wonder how much screen time they should let their kids have. Brenna Hassinger-Das, a scholar of children and technology, shares one rule it’s OK to break, one rule parents can bend and a best practice worth...

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