Donald L. Shifrin

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide guidelines on how pediatricians can advocate for children by helping families, school systems, and communities consider how best to ensure that play is protected as they seek the balance in children's lives to create the optimal developmental milieu.

TL;DR: The pervasive influence of television suggests that pediatricians begin to include counseling on television as part of anticipatory guidance and continue their efforts to affect the regulation and function of this industry.

TL;DR: This policy statement reaffirms the 1999 statement with respect to media use in infants and children younger than 2 years and provides updated research findings to support it.

TL;DR: Sufficient evidence exists to warrant a ban on junk-food or fast-food advertising in children's TV programming, and Pediatricians need to ask 2 questions about media use at every well-child or well-adolescent visit.

TL;DR: Pediatricians should assess their patients' level of media exposure and intervene on media-related health risks and advocate for a safer media environment for children by encouraging media literacy, more thoughtful and proactive use of media by children and their parents.