{"id":6775,"date":"2025-10-24T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/for-digital-day-smartphones-social-media-and-gaming\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:18:01","slug":"for-digital-day-smartphones-social-media-and-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/for-digital-day-smartphones-social-media-and-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"For Digital Day: Smartphones, Social Media, and Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much more can we handle? &#8211; A Practical Guide for Parents<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our increasingly digitized world opens up a wide range of opportunities for us to communicate with one another around the globe, provides us with the latest news and information, fosters creativity and flexibility, offers entertainment, and expands our scope of action.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both adults and adolescents are finding it increasingly difficult to escape this colorful digital world. And that&#8217;s not what they&#8217;re supposed to do anyway. On the contrary: People who use media responsibly participate in social life and stay up to date!<br\/>Now, study results from recent years are increasingly highlighting the change that appears to have taken hold in the living rooms and children&#8217;s rooms of today&#8217;s families: an increase in media consumption and, consequently, in the potential for conflict within families.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This raises a question for parents: How can we keep track of our child\u2019s media usage amid the seemingly endless possibilities offered by smartphones, social media, computers, and the like?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our information booklet, interested parents will find some suggestions and additional tips for a more relaxed approach to media in everyday family life.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-downloadgate-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2506-awo-lifebalance-Info-Dossier-Nr.-2-Digitaltag-ohne-LLC-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Information Dossier<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-downloadgate-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Info-Dossier-Nr.-2-Digitaltag-Smartphone-Socialmedia-Gaming.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Info Dossier as an audio file<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aur-service-elterncoaching aur-service-loggedin aur-service-nur-awo-lifebalance-kunden has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background aur-service-kifa\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aur-service-kifa wp-block-paragraph\">Would you like to get free advice from our experts on digital media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aur-service-kifa is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b0be8b0e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aur-service-kifa\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/employee-service-portal-home-page\/contact-the-service-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use the contact form<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aur-service-kifa\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:08002961133\">Call for free<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Read more on this topic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-4 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-4d8d4a99 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-tips-for-everyday-life tag-child-development-health tag-support-for-families tag-work-life-balance\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/tap-swipe-and-scroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tap, swipe, and scroll\" style=\"border-radius:20px;border-style:none;border-width:0px;aspect-ratio:3\/2;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169-408x272.jpg 408w, https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-1345853169-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h5 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 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