What Teens Can Teach You About Screen Time | Choices Ideabook

Editor’s note: Feeling glued to your smartphone? Choices teacher-advisor Amy Lauren Smith—a 6th to 8th grade health teacher at the Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China, and the brilliant mind behind our Teacher’s Guide each month—collected some surprisingly poignant advice from her class.

Source: What Teens Can Teach You About Screen Time | Choices Ideabook

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