My guest today is Andrea Davis. Andrea Davis is a former secondary ed teacher turned screen-time navigator and youth advocate. She is the founder of Better Screen Time, where she shares family-tested ideas from the tech trenches as a mom of five. Her mission is to help parents take the slow tech road.

Andrea is the author of Creating a Tech-Healthy Family and is certified by the Digital Wellness Institute. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, and USA Today. Her website, betterscreentime.com, received the Linda & Richard Eyre ‘Family Is’ Award. Most recently, she helped her local school district design a ‘Team Approach to Technology’ and adopt a phone-free policy.

Andrea and her husband, Tyler, live in beautiful Hood River, Oregon, where they love spending time outdoors as a family.

As technology has become more integrated into teenagers’ lives, the time spent in front of screens has continued to rise in the United States. High levels of screen time have been linked with adverse health outcomes, including poor sleep habits, fatigue, and symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Based on research in 2024 there may actually be good news on the horizon when it comes to how much time our teenagers are spending on their screens. Currently, more than half of US teens spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes of daily screen time. Considering the amount of sleep teenagers need, that's almost HALF of their waking hours.

But all hope isn't lost. We're finally seeing a decrease in the average screen time for teens for the first time, well—ever. After almost a decade of increases in daily screen time and then a giant spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, we're finally beginning to see a downward trend in how much time teenagers spend on their phones and other devices.

Website: https://www.betterscreentime.com

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