{"id":3870,"date":"2016-09-22T10:25:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2017-12-13T19:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:09:49","slug":"kids-screen-time-claire-diaz-ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/charitable-giving-news-stories\/kids-screen-time-claire-diaz-ortiz","title":{"rendered":"Can screen time make the world a better place?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the mom who makes her living on the screen so to speak, it was fascinating to see how our lives changed when my daughter, Lucía, started caring about her screen time.<\/p>\n

We had tried to use an iPad on long flights to keep her from wailing – but all to no avail. Then, at about 20 months, a switch flipped. And as a result Peppa Pig, Thomas the Train, and Sofia the First invaded our home.<\/p>\n

These days, my now 2-and-a-half-year-old sees the struggle for screen time as the daily cross she bears. She asks. We deny. She asks again, and we finally acquiesce. It goes like that, day in and day out, in what to her seems anything but a pattern. Usually, she ends up with about 30 to 60 minutes of screen time a day.<\/p>\n

I have friends that eschew all screen time for their kids. I applaud them, and I envy their dedication, but I don’t aspire to be them.<\/p>\n

Screen time can help make the world a better place<\/h2>\n

Connecting technology with social good is a topic that I am extremely passionate about. It is why I wake up in the morning and why I go to bed at night. It is what I do in my daily work and what I do as my hobby.<\/p>\n

Technology gives us handheld power. We can:<\/p>\n