Statistics Canada: Canadian kids now average 4+ hours/day on recreational screens. Most parents guess two.
Three numbers worth knowing for any Canadian parent:
- **4+ hours/day** — average recreational screen time for Canadian children (Statistics Canada, ParticipACTION Report Card 2024)
- **26%** — Canadian kids who meet the 2-hour daily guideline (same source)
- **86%** — US parents who say managing screen time is their #1 concern (Pew Research, 2025) — Canadian numbers track similar
I'm a parent who got tired of "limit screen time" advice that didn't tell you HOW. Spent a year working on a practical reset system for my own family after tipping over the "is this OK?" line one too many times.
Wrote it up as a short book — day-by-day plan for ages 3 to 16, conversation scripts for the hard moments (bedtime, car rides, "all my friends have one"), and 50+ age-sorted screen-free activities. Designed to work without taking the device away, without cold turkey.
$22 CAD with a 30-day refund. Not a miracle — just a system.
Read more about the system — screensdownfamilyup.com
Happy to answer questions in the comments before clicking, including how the system actually works day-by-day if anyone's curious.
Posted Jun 13, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC