Screen boundaries for modern sleep problems
Women often manage devices for children while noticing how technology affects their own attention, sleep, and family presence. Kamenetz reviews research and hundreds of parent experiences, summarizing a balanced approach: enjoy screens, not too much, and mostly with others. Sleep problems can worsen when devices delay bedtime, interrupt rest, or keep stimulating content within reach, but screens are not all equivalent. Viewed from midlife, the book replaces moral panic with design: protect device-free routines, share media, model boundaries, and judge technology by what it displaces or enables. The goal is a connected life, not a perfectly analog household.
About Anya Kamenetz
Anya Kamenetz researched screen use while raising a six-year-old and a toddler, consulting specialists and interviewing more than five hundred parents. The gap between rigid expert advice and actual family life shaped her deliberately practical, nonjudgmental approach.
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