{"id":375812,"date":"2026-06-26T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375812\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:23:11","slug":"school-bans-arent-enough-parents-need-to-limit-screen-time-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375812\/","title":{"rendered":"School bans aren\u2019t enough. Parents need to limit screen time at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To the editor: I applaud the Los Angeles Unified School District for taking steps to limit screen time for students as parents have become alarmed at how digital activities are replacing hands-on learning and peer interaction (<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-06-23\/lausd-strict-school-screen-time-limits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLAUSD bans screen time before the second grade, marking one of nation\u2019s strictest policies,\u201d<\/a> June 23). Respectfully, what are parents doing at home to limit their children\u2019s screen time and create real-life experiences? Many parents and guardians have become far too reliant on screens to entertain and occupy their children.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting student screen time to six hours a week at school is futile if there are no restrictions at home for the remaining hours.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Demonteverde, Brea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: I applaud the Los Angeles Unified School District for taking steps to limit screen time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3409,2072,15588,1073,2882,48,52,51,152252,47,50,49,63,7087,152253,152251,120088,152255,152254,4574,430],"class_list":["post-375812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-child","tag-editor","tag-hands-on-learning","tag-home","tag-hour","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lausd-ban","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-parent","tag-peer-interaction","tag-school-ban","tag-screen-time","tag-second-grade","tag-strict-policy","tag-student","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}