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The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one

Responding to Dr Mokoena. In the clinic the question is always “how many minutes”. Here’s what I say now.

Marius de Villiers Speech therapist ·

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  1. Discussion · Why “screen time” is the wrong number to worry about, Dr Naledi Mokoena · cited 21 September 2026

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de Villiers, M. [@mariusdev]. (2026, September 21). The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one [Image]. CIT.ED. https://cit.education/p/82d59e58-9299-4184-a5b8-dbe36a2c9d19

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de Villiers, M. [@mariusdev] (2026) ‘The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one’ [CIT.ED] 21 September. Available at: https://cit.education/p/82d59e58-9299-4184-a5b8-dbe36a2c9d19 (Accessed: 3 November 2026).

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de Villiers, Marius [@mariusdev]. “The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one.” CIT.ED, 21 Sept. 2026, cit.education/p/82d59e58-9299-4184-a5b8-dbe36a2c9d19.

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de Villiers, Marius (@mariusdev). 2026. “The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one.” CIT.ED image, September 21, 2026. https://cit.education/p/82d59e58-9299-4184-a5b8-dbe36a2c9d19.

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de Villiers M. The screen-time number parents ask me for — and why I’ve stopped giving one [image on the Internet]. CIT.ED; 2026 Sep 21 [cited 2026 Nov 3]. Available from: https://cit.education/p/82d59e58-9299-4184-a5b8-dbe36a2c9d19

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