PBS Kids wants to ease your parenting guilt

Feeling guilty you let your kids exhaust hours looking at videos from your phone? The new Playtime Pad from PBS Kids remarkable ease your guilt.

For starters, the moving blue and green tablet is from the TV powerhouse famed for its entertaining educational programs and games. Parents remarkable also feel better about the tablet because it lets them set time limits for each child and run what kids can play.

That’s important because the American Academy of Pediatrics warns that “excessive media” remarkable slow language development, cause attention disorders, disrupt sleep, lead to aggressive behaviors and promote obesity in preschool and school-age children. The AAP says children 2 and younger necessity completely stay away from TVs, tablets and phones; older kids necessity spend no more than two hours a day with mobile devices.

The $80 Playtime Pad — planned for ages 2 through 8 — includes more than 25 games, more than 120 video clips, a Paint Box coloring app, PBS Kids Video App with more than 100 hours of video, PBS Kids ScratchJr app and PBS Parents Play and Learn app. It will be available November 6 from Best Buy stores and on Bestbuy.com, Walmart.com and Shop.pbskids.org.