Finding My Media Balance

To be balanced, how much time should you spend using media?

• One hour per day.

• As much as you want.

• However much feels healthy and positive, which is different for everyone.

Which three questions should you ask yourself when thinking about your own media balance?

• What? When? How much?

• Where? Who? How?

• Here? There? Everywhere?

Gabriel likes to watch his favorite TV show before going to school. Recently, he's been so into the show that he loses track of time and misses out on walking to school with his friends. Why might this be an issue for Gabriel?

• He misses out on catching up with his friends.

• He feels lonely on his way to school because he has no one to talk to.

• He is starting to be late for school more often.

• All of the above.

Gabriel is feeling bummed out about not being able to walk to school with his friends because he's been watching a show instead. What should he do to change that?

• Walk to school with his friends and watch the show on his phone.

• Set a limit on how much television he watches, making sure that he's ready to walk to school with his friends.

• Talk to his friends during class to make up for not being able to walk to school with them.

Pick the questions you should be asking when you're trying to create a healthy media balance.

• What you choose?

• When you use it?

• If dogs are smarter than cats?

• How much you consume?

Sometimes the best media choice is _____________.

• Staying up all night playing online games on a school night

• No media at all

How confident do you feel in being able to make yourself a plan for healthy media balance?

• I feel very confident.

• I feel somewhat confident.

• I do not feel confident.