First Thing, Last Thing Audit
Whether a screen is the first and last thing in a child's day — the two windows most consistently associated with sleep and mood effects.
The hour before sleep and the overnight bedroom charging location are the two screen time interventions with the most consistent evidence behind them, and moving the charger out of the bedroom removes the night-waking checks that no screen time report counts.
First Thing, Last Thing Audit
Frequently asked
Is blue light the problem?
Probably less than the popular account suggests. The more consistent explanations are displacement of sleep time and how alerting the content is, which means a fast-paced game and a quiet book on the same device are not equivalent.
Where should phones charge overnight?
Outside the bedroom, for children and ideally for adults. It is the single highest-value change in this area, and it removes night-time checking that most people genuinely do not remember doing.
Does the morning matter too?
The evidence is thinner than for the evening. It is included because families find it easier to change, and because a morning that begins with a feed tends to set the tone for the routine that follows.
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