Time spent in front of our computers, phones and tablets has skyrocketed during the pandemic. That’s especially true for children, whose pre-pandemic screen time was already high. 

According to one recent survey of more than 3,000 parents, their kids’ screen time has doubled during the crisis. A pediatrician and a communications professor join host Angela Davis to talk about how this could be affecting children’s well-being and how to balance screen use. 

Davis also checked in with MPR’s chief meteorologist Paul Huttner: Is the winter weather here to stay?

Guests:

• Dr. Madeleine Gagnon is the associate medical director of pediatrics at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.

• Aaron Boyson is an associate professor of communications at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

• Paul Huttner is MPR’s chief meteorologist.

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