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[quote=Anonymous]I would want more information about what kind of screentime.

My 18 year old spends a lot of time on screens.

He has an accommodation for typing, so he uses a screen of some sort for all writing at school and at home.

He prefers to use the Kindle app for most of his reading.

His math textbook is virtual, and he often has homework that is done in the virtual textbook.

He is a musician, and a lot of his sheet music is on devices.  He also uses an iPad for other music related tasks, like recording himself so he can hear what corrections to make, or mixing together tracks, or looking for new songs to learn

He spends a lot of time on facetime with his girlfriend who lives too far away for him to see during the week.  They will often set up facetime and keep each other company while they do homework.

He likes to watch ice hockey.  Often he'll have the game on when he's doing tasks like folding his laundry, or cooking dinner.

He plays video games.

Across a day, those things might add up to a fairly high amount.  I don't keep track across all platforms, so I don't know if he's ever hit 12 hours, but while I don't love how much he uses screens, it's not the same as a kid playing 12 hours of video games, or fooling with apps on his phone.  [/quote]

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