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How to safeguard your family’s health while they use screens and digital devices | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy

How to safeguard your family’s health while they use screens and digital devices | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy

HOW TO SAFEGUARD YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH WHILE THEY USE SCREENS AND DIGITAL DEVICES



by Cindy Eckard, reposted from Screens and Kids
Some basic measures could help protect your family from avoidable aches, strains, eye health impacts and sleep disruptions while using the schools’ digital devices at home. Some of the following suggestions also relate to the potential for these devices to cause fires. Be careful.
This is not to be construed as medical advice. Consult your device manufacturer for explicit safety warnings and instructions.
However, the following suggestions have been culled over several years from a variety of professional sources identifying a broad number of associated health risks: