Screen time, once like candy for kids, is now the whole meal

As stay-in-place orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus globally keeps 1.5 billion school children home, restricted screen time is becoming a thing of the past. — 123rf.com

For David Krieger’s kids in south Florida, screens were a weekend treat. Now, every day is iPad-appropriate.

The family’s schedule tries to cap the fun time on screens for the two kids to an hour between their educational activities, both also on electronic displays: a Zoom reading class, and an online drawing session. But the limit never sticks. With two working parents, "it is a necessity,” Krieger says.