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[quote=Anonymous]From the American Academy of Pediatrics:

Community-based pediatricians, especially those serving in an advisory role to schools, are influential voices in school and neighborhood forums and can work to encourage a team approach among the medical home, the school home, and the family home. So pediatricians, especially those serving as school physicians or school medical advisors should:

Educate school boards and school administrators about evidence-based health risks associated with unsupervised, unlimited media access and use by children and adolescents, as well as ways to mitigate those risks, such as violence prevention, sex education, and drug use-prevention programs.

Encourage the continuation and expansion of media education programs, or initiate implementation of media education programs in settings where they are currently lacking.

Encourage innovative use of technology where it is not already being used, such as online education programs for children with extended but medically justified school absences.

Work collaboratively with parent-teacher associations to encourage parental guidance in limiting or monitoring age-appropriate screen times. In addition, schools that do use new technology like iPads need to have strict rules about what students can access.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/132/5/958.full[/quote]

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