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Lower School Tech Talk

An anonymous survey to help HRS families make informed decisions about device usage

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What grade is your oldest child that's in the lower school? 

  • Answered: 40
  • Skipped: 0
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K1st2nd3rd4th5th
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Responses –
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K
2.50%
1
–
1st
12.50%
5
–
2nd
12.50%
5
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3rd
32.50%
13
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4th
30.00%
12
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5th
10.00%
4
TOTAL40
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If you have multiple children in the lower school what grades are the other children in?

  • Answered: 13
  • Skipped: 27
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Responses –
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K
23.08%
3
–
1st
7.69%
1
–
2nd
38.46%
5
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3rd
38.46%
5
–
4th
0.00%
0
Total Respondents: 13 
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What devices does your oldest lower school child have access to? (all questions will pertain to your oldest child from here on)

  • Answered: 39
  • Skipped: 1
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TabletSmartphoneLaptop/ComputerGaming Console
Handheld
Gaming Device
(Switch)
Gizmo-type
Watch
No tech
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Responses –
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Tablet
76.92%
30
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Smartphone
35.90%
14
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Laptop/Computer
71.79%
28
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Gaming Console
20.51%
8
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Handheld Gaming Device (Switch)
12.82%
5
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Gizmo-type Watch
15.38%
6
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No tech
7.69%
3
Total Respondents: 39 
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How much (play) screen time is your child allowed on school nights (does not include school work)? 

  • Answered: 36
  • Skipped: 4
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30 minutes1 hour
more than 1
hour
unlimitednone
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30 minutes
25.00%
9
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1 hour
5.56%
2
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more than 1 hour
5.56%
2
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unlimited
0.00%
0
–
none
63.89%
23
TOTAL36
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How much screen time is your child allowed each day on weekends? (does not include TV or movies on family TV) 

  • Answered: 36
  • Skipped: 4
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30 minutes1 hour1:302 hours3 hoursunlimitednone
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30 minutes
11.11%
4
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1 hour
16.67%
6
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1:30
16.67%
6
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2 hours
19.44%
7
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3 hours
8.33%
3
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unlimited
8.33%
3
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none
19.44%
7
TOTAL36
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What sites/apps/games does your child use regularly for entertainment/communication?

  • Answered: 38
  • Skipped: 2
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Youtube
Multiplayer
Gaming
(Fortnite,...
Casual games
(PVZ,
CandyCrush,...
InstagramSnapchatText messaging
Messaging Apps
(Google
Hangouts,...
TikTok
(formerly
Musica.ly)
Pinterest
Streaming
Video Service
(Hulu, Netfl...
Other (please
specify)
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Youtube
47.37%
18
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Multiplayer Gaming (Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, 1st person shooters) 
31.58%
12
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Casual games (PVZ, CandyCrush, Fishom, puzzle games usually played on tablet/smartphone)
39.47%
15
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Instagram
0.00%
0
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Snapchat
2.63%
1
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Text messaging
13.16%
5
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Messaging Apps (Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, Kik)
2.63%
1
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TikTok (formerly Musica.ly)
2.63%
1
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Pinterest
5.26%
2
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Streaming Video Service (Hulu, Netflix, Other)
50.00%
19
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Responses
Other (please specify)
28.95%
11
Total Respondents: 38 
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How do you manage screen time?

  • Answered: 33
  • Skipped: 7
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We don't have
limits
Honor system-
child knows
when to turn...
Timers that
parents manage
Wifi level
device (Eero,
Internet...
Parental
controls built
into device
A hodgepodge
of everything
and generall...
A hodgepodge
of everything
and generall...
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We don't have limits 
0.00%
0
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Honor system- child knows when to turn it off.
12.12%
4
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Timers that parents manage 
33.33%
11
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Wifi level device (Eero, Internet provider controls, Circle) 
6.06%
2
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Parental controls built into device 
6.06%
2
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A hodgepodge of everything and generally it works
36.36%
12
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A hodgepodge of everything and generally it doesn't work
6.06%
2
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How often do you fight with your kids about screen time?

  • Answered: 34
  • Skipped: 6
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Daily or
multiple times
a day
Every few daysOnce a weekRarelyNever
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Daily or multiple times a day
8.82%
3
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Every few days
23.53%
8
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Once a week
14.71%
5
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Rarely
35.29%
12
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Never
17.65%
6
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What is the one thing you would tell parents of younger children; "If I'd known then what I know now, I would have _______"

  • Answered: 28
  • Skipped: 12
I wouldn’t have let the grandparents give my children tablets at an early age. They become so addicted to electronics and don’t want to go outside to play color or read.
3/5/2019 09:34 PM
wanted to talk to parents in our kids' community earlier and more often about this, so more folks could get on the "wait until 8th" train.
3/5/2019 06:20 PM
Stay consistent. Don't bend the rules. Explain why the rules are in place and examine if the rules should apply to you too.
3/5/2019 04:57 PM
We are cheating a bit...we have a 30 year old as well who came of age in the My Space and flip phone era. In 2007, we had to turn off the wireless every night and take his phone from him at 9:00 PM, or he would text his girlfriend literally all night...and this was before smart phones! We were ready for all of that, but the social media game has changed. She is not on it now, but parents of middle-high schoolers tell me that, "If she doesn't have a phone or phone number, she won't be invited anywhere or be part of "group chats"...therefore basically leaving her out of the conversation.
3/5/2019 04:12 PM
I don't know what I would say. We're managing technology, which we'd prefer not to have in our lives, the best we know how.
3/5/2019 03:09 PM
No screen time
3/5/2019 06:05 AM
Held my ground with no fort nite!
3/5/2019 05:21 AM
Never let them on YouTube
3/5/2019 04:33 AM
I don’t know. We have been extremely cautious about what we expose our child to. We take this approach, knowing that this is an age of extreme brain plasticity and that many game developers and other app designers regularly attend a Stanford conference about how took users on their products. And that game developers are in this business to make profits. Our approach is to delay our child’s exposure to computer games, etc., outside of school for as long as possible. We also have noted that studies have shown that social media, etc., exposure is sometimes tied to depression in kids. We talk about our reasons for these policies and our child is okay with it although we may allow him/her to play some limited games(Minecraft or programming) at home in the near future under supervision. He has done some of these games at camps, etc., but usually not at home (hardly ever). We have had very little conflict about tech so far. We will modify/adapt as necessary in the future. Our kid is pretty easygoing especially if we provide lots of other options and we talk about brain development and our underlying reasons for being cautious.
3/5/2019 02:02 AM
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What is your biggest pain point around your child's tech usage?  Where does it cause your family the most worry, arguing, frustration?

  • Answered: 34
  • Skipped: 6
My kids constantly tell me that the most of their friends have phones or are allowed to play Fortnight. They feel like my spouse and I are being unfair and they feel left out.
3/5/2019 09:34 PM
A game called "subway surf" is requested on weekdays after school for 15 mins, and we've allowed it after homework is done. Feeling like failures as a result. :)
3/5/2019 06:20 PM
I hate that we have strong tech rules at home and then teachers assign homework that is on the computer and I have to break our family rules about tech.
3/5/2019 04:57 PM
We don't have this pain point yet, but I would say that I am fearful of social media (snap chat streaks, what's app, other group yappings, etc.) being introduced to the grade at an early age and thus sending our daughter into a world of constantly checking her phone to not be left out. The conversations kids are having (I hear from my friends of older kids) are the same conversations we would have when we were younger, but we would have after practice, or hanging out with friends on the weekend. It included more time between interactions. Maybe on the phone for a half hour at night...Not a constant barrage of trying to "keep up" with the conversations! I think about at work if I am at an all day meeting, and I have to "catch up" on emails and conversations have continued without me...imagine if you are 13 and you are part of 6 or 7 group chats connecting and chatting and having a great time on line...that calculation is mind boggling to me. No wonder phones are attached to the kid's hands...the conversations continue when the groups are not physically together.
3/5/2019 04:12 PM
If a TV is on, they zone out
3/5/2019 04:07 PM
My youngest child is much more into screens than my daughter. I worry he'd play 6 hours of video games a day if allowed.
3/5/2019 03:09 PM
My daughters don’t have screen time
3/5/2019 06:05 AM
Balance between monitoring what he’s doing online at all times without him thinking I don’t trust him. Trying to explain why some things aren’t appropriate or safe
3/5/2019 05:21 AM
That when he is on a device, he is not with us and that will only get worse as he gets older. We want to allow screen time, but in manageable increments so that he still spends time engaged with us
3/5/2019 04:33 AM
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