What Does Screen Time Mean?

You get a wide range of reactions when you mention the phrase “screen time.”  Please use the Comment space below to respond to the following questions:

  1. What does “screen time” mean to you?
  2. What does it mean to your parents?
  3. Think of an activity that requires a device. How can you influence or persuade your parents to see the value in giving you screen time?

27 thoughts on “What Does Screen Time Mean?

  1. To me screen time means anything to do with screens. For example Chrome books i Pads ect.
    To my parents screen time means anything to do with TV and

  2. Q1. screen time means to me that i go on my Xbox and i go on YouTube
    Q2.It means that they are on a auto book or watching TV
    Q3.scratch is a coding website,coding can help you later on in life at a job.

  3. Q:1 Screen time means to playing video games or watching a program.
    Q:2 My parents think screen time is bad for your eyes and your brain so they limit my time but coding is OK for them.
    Q:3 I can influence or persuade my parents to see the value in giving screen to me by asking if I could code or wright a story and they would be fine with that, because it is good for my brain.

  4. Q 1 for me, screen time means either playing a video game, watching a show, or creating something

    Q 2 My parents thing screen time is bad for your eyes and if you stare at it all day its bad for your brain
    Q 3 playing fortnite requires a devise, and I could tell my parents that you can create things in creative mode. COBE

  5. 1. It means fun to me because I always end up having fun when I use it.
    2. To my parents, it means them working and doing some other stuff for themselves.
    3. I can convince them by showing them it’s fun and that they should try it too!

  6. To me, screen time means having fun on a device in my house. To my parents, it means them working and communicating to other people a lot. I can convince them that I can learn on certain websites on the computer by giving them the pros of the website.

  7. Q 1 for me, screen time means either playing a video game, watching a show, or creating something

    Q 2 My parents thing screen time is bad for your eyes and if you stare at it all day its bad for your brain
    Q 3 playing fortnite requires a devise, and I could tell my parents that you can create things in creative mode.

  8. I think screen time means to me is that some sites are bad but others are good for you.
    My parents think that they are not good even if it is a learning website because it damages your eyes and they think it’s more like a video game instead of a learning website.
    Scratch requires a device and I can persuade my parents by telling them it’s a coding device and it can teach me how to code in the future.

  9. 1. For me screen time means a little break from studying. I mostly study most of the time but working all day is not easy. So I came up with a solution to have 15 minutes for every 45 minutes I study.
    2. My parents think Screen time as a time to take a little break. The most I get is 30 minuets in a row. When I have play dates only 1 play date a week, my parents allow me to have 30 minuets of computer and 30 minuets of play station.
    3. I barely use the 30 minuets I have in educational time just because I already studied for 45 minuets.

  10. 1.What screen time means to me is somthing that is a little addicting but if you know how to limet
    you time you can use it more becouse you know your limet.
    2.What screen time means to my partents is that it isthey don’t love when I use it constently but I know when to stop so my parents know that so they are fine with it.
    3.Sometimes I like to play just dance and my mom is totally fine with it because my mom knows I love to dance and im beeing active and they know i am not just sitting there.Because of that I dont really have to persuade them.

  11. Q1 Screen time means watching my favorite youtuber play fortnite

    Q2 Screen time means to my parents mean that I am addicted to the show I am and
    it is bad for my eyes and the brain.

    Q3 I can say I am going to build A creation are I can say I am coding

    KOBE KOBE KOBE KOBE

  12. 1. Screen time means to me about being educational or being a consumer.

    2. When I ask for screen time my parents think that I am just going to watch Netflix of You tube.

    3. If I wanted to persuade my parents to let me have screen time I need to do something educational or active. For example if I say I want to write a story or play Wii sports with my brother my parents will say yes. But if I say I will be watching Netflix they will say no.

  13. 1.Screen time means to me that I go on a screen for a certain amount of time. Screens can be very addicting. I use screens for watching Tik Tok’s and making them, Netflix, and YouTube.

    2. My parents have a no screen at the table or in the car because it distracts your self from family and stuff that are more important. My parents usually assume that something I’m doing on my screen isn’t learning but in someways it is.

    3. Sometimes I play on my Wii. My Mom doesn’t really like me playing on it that much. But the Wii is actually an physical activity because you have to move all of your body and you have to think about it.

  14. 1. Screen time means I get 20 min a day and I go on my computer to watch YouTube or play a game.

    2. My parents think that i just want to watch Ellen tube and sit there doing noting.

    3. I tell my dad i am doing school work writing a story or doing something educational like coding or brain pop or i can go on the Wii

  15. Screen time means the time you use on screens.
    To my parents screen time means we watch things we are not a loud to watch and to use the screen for work.
    I can Persuade my parents to let me play Minecraft because in Minecraft you can use your imagination to build every thing.

  16. Screen time means to me that I go on a screen and either watch Netflix or code on scratch. I think screen time means to my parents that I am going to watch T.V. or play the Wii U with a friend, but when my parents are going to work on their computer they say they are going to go on their computer they do’t say they are going to have some screen time. Same with me I don’t say I going to have some screen time with my friend I say we are going to play on the Wii U or play on scratch. But when I pay on the computer or Wii U my parents say only 20 minutes of screen time. Doing scratch requires a device I can persuade my parents to see the value of screen time by saying that scratch is educational and it makes me code.

  17. 1 Screen time means that you are on a screen. It means you are using a screen. If you are watching a screen for entertainment you are Consuming. If you are coding or making something your are creating. Last if you are sending a message or email you are communicator.

    2 My parents think of screen time as YouTube or Netflix.

    3 I could tell my parents I’m coding and they would usually say yes.

  18. To me screen time means to type about my day in Microsoft Word. I also sometimes watch YouTube and play games on my iPad. To my parents screen time means watching useless videos when we could be watching educational videos. When my parents open up their screens there mostly doing work. But on weekends we all watch a movie together. To influence or persuade my parents I ask them if I could watch Chinese movies because they want me to learn more Chinese.

  19. To me screen time means anything to do with screens. For example Chrome books i Pads ect.
    To my parents screen time means anything to do with TV and video games.
    You can tell them that your using your brain and your doing coding.

  20. 1. To me “screen time” means the time I am using like an electronic device. The electronic devices I mostly use for screen time are TV, laptop and phone.

    2. To my parents “screen time means like me and my brother using electronics. Like watching TV or the computers. Screen time for my parents mostly means for me and my brother.

    3. Coding on Scratch, I could influence or persuade my parents to see the value of seeing the screen time by saying that I could learn some things also by saying that I will not be just watching something and not learning.

  21. 1. “Screen time” to me means electronics I am using and asking to use them. With electronics I ask my parents for maybe 20 minutes to watch something on their phones.

    2. My parents think of screen time in a negitive way, but also a positive way. When I am doing something educational my parents will be happy and think of it in a positive way. When I am watching Netflix for example my parents think negitive about it and only let me do it for a short amount of time, but when I am doing koadable for example my parents will give me very long because it will help me.

    3. If I am on Koadable I could influence my parents by telling them I will be coading. If I tell my parents I will be playing WII sports resort they will let me because I will be active and getting excersise because I will be moving around, but if I am watching something they will only give me a short amount of time because I will be consuming.

  22. to me screen time means being on a device or staring at a screen.

    to my parents screen time means ruining your eyes.

    a activity that requires a device is playing a video game.

  23. Screen time to me is watching youtube and playing games. Screen time to my parents means watching useless stuff or playing useless stuff. To persuade my parents to give me more screen time is to tell them that I will be watching a Korean video or if it’s something for school work.

  24. Q 1. Screen time can be many things.
    1. It could be educational .
    2. You could be watching you tube like a zombie.
    3 . Maybe you are updating your social media.

    Q 2.
    Usually my parent do not like screen time . But they are OK with me reading online books and coding. But i like to do other thing then that are not educational sometimes, Such as Tick tock , You tube, Net flix or a music video.
    Q 3 .
    If i am Watching T.V. my parents will probally not like it ( unless it is educational). But if im coding they will ok it.

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