Sal DiStefano

It's also a wonderful way for you to be active. You see so many parents counting the steps on their pedometers and, oh, I got to make sure I hit 8,000 steps or 10,000 steps and I got to make sure I be more active. You know what you could do with that? You could just go play with your kids.

It's also a wonderful way for you to be active. You see so many parents counting the steps on their pedometers and, oh, I got to make sure I hit 8,000 steps or 10,000 steps and I got to make sure I be more active. You know what you could do with that? You could just go play with your kids.

It's also a wonderful way for you to be active. You see so many parents counting the steps on their pedometers and, oh, I got to make sure I hit 8,000 steps or 10,000 steps and I got to make sure I be more active. You know what you could do with that? You could just go play with your kids.

You don't have to worry about walking on a treadmill because you just went to the park for an hour with your kids. chase them around and look for sticks or whatever. So playing with your kids is a wonderful way for everybody. And it's not just the health aspect, the fitness aspect, like the bonding time and just the spending time that you have with your kids.

You don't have to worry about walking on a treadmill because you just went to the park for an hour with your kids. chase them around and look for sticks or whatever. So playing with your kids is a wonderful way for everybody. And it's not just the health aspect, the fitness aspect, like the bonding time and just the spending time that you have with your kids.

You don't have to worry about walking on a treadmill because you just went to the park for an hour with your kids. chase them around and look for sticks or whatever. So playing with your kids is a wonderful way for everybody. And it's not just the health aspect, the fitness aspect, like the bonding time and just the spending time that you have with your kids.

Totally. Lastly, this is now this is new. This is relatively new in the past when we were kids. OK, so which wasn't that long ago. When we were kids, activity wasn't competing with something that was better competitor. These days, screen time, iPhones, iPads, video games, they're so well engineered that given the option, Many kids, most kids would pick the screen time over activity.

Totally. Lastly, this is now this is new. This is relatively new in the past when we were kids. OK, so which wasn't that long ago. When we were kids, activity wasn't competing with something that was better competitor. These days, screen time, iPhones, iPads, video games, they're so well engineered that given the option, Many kids, most kids would pick the screen time over activity.

Totally. Lastly, this is now this is new. This is relatively new in the past when we were kids. OK, so which wasn't that long ago. When we were kids, activity wasn't competing with something that was better competitor. These days, screen time, iPhones, iPads, video games, they're so well engineered that given the option, Many kids, most kids would pick the screen time over activity.

Now, when I was a kid, that was rare. It was rare that kids would pick screen time. There had to be something exceptionally good on TV, which was rare for a kid to be like, no, no, I'd rather watch this cartoon than go outside and play. We used to get grounded by getting sent to our room. These days, it's the opposite. A kid gets kicked off.

Now, when I was a kid, that was rare. It was rare that kids would pick screen time. There had to be something exceptionally good on TV, which was rare for a kid to be like, no, no, I'd rather watch this cartoon than go outside and play. We used to get grounded by getting sent to our room. These days, it's the opposite. A kid gets kicked off.

Now, when I was a kid, that was rare. It was rare that kids would pick screen time. There had to be something exceptionally good on TV, which was rare for a kid to be like, no, no, I'd rather watch this cartoon than go outside and play. We used to get grounded by getting sent to our room. These days, it's the opposite. A kid gets kicked off.

electronics and gets kicked out of the room to get grounded. So we are dealing with a different monster. And the only way that I can think that is effective around this is to put structures and time limits around screens. You cannot, you're not going to out-compete them. That's the bottom line. Now you might have that rare kid who doesn't like them.

electronics and gets kicked out of the room to get grounded. So we are dealing with a different monster. And the only way that I can think that is effective around this is to put structures and time limits around screens. You cannot, you're not going to out-compete them. That's the bottom line. Now you might have that rare kid who doesn't like them.

electronics and gets kicked out of the room to get grounded. So we are dealing with a different monster. And the only way that I can think that is effective around this is to put structures and time limits around screens. You cannot, you're not going to out-compete them. That's the bottom line. Now you might have that rare kid who doesn't like them.

And it's like, I'd rather go outside and hang out with you. But if you give them the choice of going on the iPad and playing these addictive video games that have billions of dollars of engineering put in them to make them super, super addicting, and you give them the option of going outside or doing that, you're going to lose.

And it's like, I'd rather go outside and hang out with you. But if you give them the choice of going on the iPad and playing these addictive video games that have billions of dollars of engineering put in them to make them super, super addicting, and you give them the option of going outside or doing that, you're going to lose.

And it's like, I'd rather go outside and hang out with you. But if you give them the choice of going on the iPad and playing these addictive video games that have billions of dollars of engineering put in them to make them super, super addicting, and you give them the option of going outside or doing that, you're going to lose.

It's just like if you give your kid the option of candy and healthy food. Here, what would you rather have, kid? A bowl of strawberries or a bowl of Skittles? You're not being a good parent by giving them two choices, one irresistible, the other one not so hard to turn down in comparison. So the only strategy I know around screens is to have a time limit.

It's just like if you give your kid the option of candy and healthy food. Here, what would you rather have, kid? A bowl of strawberries or a bowl of Skittles? You're not being a good parent by giving them two choices, one irresistible, the other one not so hard to turn down in comparison. So the only strategy I know around screens is to have a time limit.