This is a practical book for parents and families wanting to be more intentional about their screentime. While this is mainly about parenting, the book offers a lot of practical tips for parents as well. I appreciated the additional resources and the summary at the end of each chapter.

Thank you for the opportunity of trusting me with a review. I have a hyper active son and a family member that loves to critique and comment on his screentime that we allow. So I loved reading what the real experts say about screentime. Although I knew a lot of these points because I have looked into things before. This book went into great detail over topics like Alingning screen use with family values, scary versus dangerous and safety, it's not like when we were kids, and many more. This is a book I can refer back to when I have issues arise. This book also stresses that parenting isn't perfect and if we are doing 80% we are succeeding. Thank you for that. Give this book a try if you have questions about how we should be raising our kids with scrrentime. It is an easy and interesting read I flew through the book.

As a parent and teacher, I wish everyone who regularly interacts with children would read this book - or at least a synopsis of it. It is thoughtful, encouraging, practical, and research-based. Instead of giving a hard-and-fast rule about how many minutes or what type of screentime a child may have each day, Cherkin encourages families to establish what they value, and consider how and why screentime might or might not fit. Cherkin says the book is non-judgmental, but it pulls no punches about how screentime can be harmful. The information about persuasive technology isn't new, but Cherkin's values-based approach helps parents really understand how and why they can build a rich life without relying on screens. This book gave me the motivation I need to stay firm on my toddler's screentime boundaries - and also has me re-evaluating how I teach. Even if Cherkin's definition of screentime is rather broad (in one place, she considers even just listening to audio as screentime), this work is enormously helpful. I will be recommending it to every parent and teacher I know, and I anticipate buying a copy for our family, as no doubt we will return to it often.

Thank you to Greenleaf Book Group for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review. I will also post this review on Goodreads 30 days prior to the book's publication.