PDA - Personality Detachment Assistant

I am currently an uncle eight and a half times over. The half is a niece on the way! The eight that have been born rage in age from the oldest, who is eight, to the youngest, who is only six months old. Each niece and nephew expands the joyfulness of my nuclear family. With each new addition, I realize what I never knew was missing and I never want my family to be without the newcomer again. It's their fun personalities that I appreciate the most, and each personality is so unique. Now, what does any of this have to do with a new survey about child media consumption? Well, a lot. The survey shows that children's daily media consumption is now, on average, 7 hours and 38 minutes. I want to make it clear that I'm not a child development expert, but I am capable of making observations. One related observation involves my nieces and nephews. I've noticed that the more time they spend by themselves in front of a screen, whether big or small, the more closed off they become. The more time that one of them spends consuming media, the greater the need to always be entertained. I've watch as one of my nephews has become remote to the rest of the family. His sentences have become shorter. He asks fewer questions. A growing desire to be in front of a screen has consumed parts of his life, leaving behind bits and fragments. Most affected is his personality. At times his personality seems turned off, though it's often replaced with fits about not being able to play a game. It's hard for me to watch the change. That part of his life that adds so much to the family is being replaced by alone time–looking into a windowed world. He's one out of 8 and a half and I want him back. I want him with his complete personality back. Daily media consumption, you'd better look out, because your 7 hours and 38 minutes are going down.