Technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops are  increasingly playing bigger roles in our lives. Our children’s lives, too. It’s estimated, in fact, that children 8 to 18 spend more than 7 hours a day with some type of media, not including texting. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggest children 2 and under have no screen time but what do you say?

What about older children? How much screen time is too much?

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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