The U.S. Surgeon General just dropped one of its strongest public health statements yet and this one is aimed squarely at screens.
A new advisory released this week calls on families, schools, tech companies, and policymakers to take urgent action around children's screen use. The advisory urges kids to track their screen time and set boundaries, parents to build family media plans covering who uses what screens, when, and for how long, schools to restrict phones and assign more paper-based work, and tech companies to build stronger parental controls into their products.
The Surgeon General advisory signal that a public health concern has moved from debate to consensus. The message is clear: how children use screens is no longer just a parenting preference. It's a national health issue.
The timing matters. We're heading into summer, when screen time for kids predictably climbs and without structure, hours can evaporate quickly.
This is exactly what Gryphon was built for. Rather than relying on kids to self-police or parents to chase down every app, Gryphon gives families network-level control: per-child profiles, scheduled screen-time windows, and bedtime internet shutoffs that work across every device in the house — phone, tablet, gaming console, and laptop. You set the rules once, at the router. The internet enforces them.
See how Gryphon helps families set healthy screen time limits → gryphonconnect.com
John Wu
