Amanda Gummer is one of the UK’s leading experts on play and child development. In this episode of Raising Questions, she discusses the relationship between screen time and play.
She talks about when digital experiences may start to crowd out other kinds of activity, whether screen time can be playful, the need for a “balanced play diet”, and what creators of children’s media can learn from the science of play.
Amanda Gummer has a PhD in neuropsychology and is the founder of FUNdamentally Children and the Good Play Guide.