Screen Time Advocate Gifts

"He's so into social media that he's become anti-social."

Proud of herself for "never owning a tv" Emily watches eight episodes of a mediocre tv show on her laptop while in bed.

"You are still here."

"Please can I stay up? Just three more hours."

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

"Let me just check my email, my texts, my missed calls, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, my credit score, my horoscope, the results of this latest personality test, the S. & P., the Dow, the news, this article about cute dogs, and the weather, and then we can go."

"They communicate through clicks and taps."

"Here's something called "The Fifty Greatest Countdown Shows Ever!""

Digital Fomo!

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

"Hang on. Mommy's just checking to see if she's still relevant to the outside world."

Cellphone Islands

"Since he got that thing, he mostly just kills time."

“If I start pressing these, I’ll never ever ever get out of here.”

Baby Screen Time

It's Your Turn to Do the Dishes Tonight!

Technologies and distance classes

"We're making a video of us watching TV so we can watch ourselves watching TV...later."

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"I now pronounce you man and couch."

"Of course I'm bored - my batteries are flat!"

Tunnel of TV

'Just sitting around letting advertisers brainwash me. What about you?'

"C'mon, time to get up and stare at your devices all day."

'I caught him watching tv, surfing the net, and playing video games ..book him!'

"No, I don't play. I just watch people play on the internet."

"Don't worry about her sucking her thumb. Soon she'll be texting with it."

"Now that we have these Earthlings in our power, we can take over this planet!"

nstead of looking at fish bowl, a kid watches the fish on TV as they are being video taped.

Child hooking into a television

The whole family can't wrench a teen away from his computer.

"Its's a beautiful day. Why don't you play outside?"

"I'm being punished. I have to stay out of Wi-Fi range for an hour."

"According to my phone, society is on the brink of collapse, but, according to our living room, things seem pretty O.K."

"There's nothing wrong with her. With e-mail, texting and tweeting, she just hasn't needed to learn to talk."