Childhood experts are encouraging parents to swap their kids' screen time for green time. 9News
Deakin University is undertaking world-first research, investigating how nature can help reduce difficult child behaviours associated with screen use.Childhood experts are encouraging parents to swap their kids' screen time for green time.
She said the research showed family experiences in nature also promoted positive parent-child interactions. "On an individual level, where problematic screen use can lead to increases in stress, cognitive fatigue and behavioural problems in children, time spent in natural environments can reduce levels of physical and psychological stress, improve cognitive processes, mood, and help children regulate their emotional states and behaviours.
Melbourne mum Dionne Holland and daughter Chloe, eight, have joined the study and believe it should be a fine balance.
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