Three Kids Under 5: How Do I Balance Screen Time? - Dani Dyer
Reality TV star Dani Dyer tackles screen time, from avoiding tantrums to setting healthy boundaries, with expert Dr Martha Deiros Collado. Part 2 of 2.
Dani Dyer has survived Celebrity SAS, been crowned Love Island champion and danced on Strictly Come Dancing with Nikita, but she still thinks parenting is the hardest job of all. This time she is tackling the challenge every modern parent knows: screen time.
On a mission to help manage her own children’s screen time, Dani visits a family with two young girls struggling with the same thing. Parenting, child development and paediatric health expert Dr Martha Deiros Collado offers the family tips and advice, and they try out a new, playful technique for avoiding tantrums around screens. Dr Martha explains that screens are not necessarily bad, parents simply need to set boundaries around how long children spend on them and the content they watch. Inspired by Dr Martha's idea of firm, loving boundaries, Dani starts to rethink her worry that being strict is a bad thing.
Dani then meets best friend Kayleigh for a rare treat away from the kids. Between them they have six children, and, astonishingly, both gave birth to their twins on exactly the same day, so they have been on their twin journey side by side. Over a facial, with no little ones in sight, they compare their own parenting styles, swap the daily battle of managing screens, and wonder how parents ever coped before them.
To hear from another parent in the public eye, Dani heads to a training session with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, aka Nitro from Gladiators. Dani and Harry were on Strictly together during Dani’s 2025 Strictly appearance before she got injured and had to drop out. They talk about the particular challenge famous parents face when they have to parent in public, with everyone watching.
Finally, Dani reunites with Dr Martha to reflect on everything she has learned from the experts and families she has met. Both agree that managing screen time is a struggle for every household, and Dr Martha's conclusion is a reassuring one: screens are part of modern life, and the best thing any parent can do is build healthy habits around them.
Part 2 of 2.
