The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit for HSE & ESL Learners
A Comprehensive Career Preparation Teaching Resource Reflecting NYS Regional Labor Market Statistics
The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit was made possible through support from the New York State Education Department, Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services.
CONSTRUCTION CareerKit
2019
The City University of New York • CUNY Adult Literacy / HSE Program
Transportation & Warehousing
Education & Childcare
ManufacturingTechnology
Hospitality, Recreation &
the Arts
Career Fundamentals
Food Production
Healthcare
Community & Social Services
Retail
The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit was made possible through support from the New York State Education Department, Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services.
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The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit For HSE & ESL Learners
A Comprehensive Career Preparation Teaching Resource Reflecting NYS Regional Labor Market Statistics
The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit provides: Introductory set of essential career lessons for all students
• Career Fundamentals
Sets of lessons for each of ten industry-specific sectors
• Healthcare• Retail• Community & Social Services
• Transportation & Warehousing• Education & Childcare• Manufacturing• Technology• Hospitality, Recreation & the Arts• Construction• Food Production
2019
CONSTRUCTION Credits: CareerKit Creator: Ellen Baxt
Principal Writer: Liz Latty
Contributing Writers: Linda Avitabile, Ellen Baxt and Hannah Son
Consultants: Lesley Hirsch and Alison Richardson New York City Labor Market Information Service of the CUNY Graduate Center
Project Director: Jeanette Kim Interim University Assistant Dean for Prematriculation Programs and Program Assessment
John Mogulescu CUNY Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Professional Studies
Acknowledgments: Eric Appleton, Joan Stern, Kate Brandt, Moira Taylor, and Mark Trushkowsky
Design and Layout: Renée Skuba Design
Industry Advisors:
Benajmin Baxt, Architect, Baxt Ingui Architecture
Susan Baxt, Independent Architect
Nicole Bertran, Executive Vice President, The Edward J Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills
Amanda J. Brown, Homelessness Prevention & Relocation Support Services Program, Bronxworks
Brendan Manning, Vice President of Education and Environment, The Associated General Contractors of New York State
Sarah Meckler, Assistant Director of Special Populations, The Door
Gerarda M. Shields, Chair, Construction Management & Civil Engineering Technology Department, New York City College of Technology
Julie Spitzer, Department Director of Homelessness Prevention and Access to Benefits, Bronxworks
Sanjive Vaidya, Chair, Architectural Technology Department, New York City College of Technology
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INTRODUCTION 1
UNIT • 1 ANALYZING THE CONSTRUCTION LABOR MARKET 7Section 1 Labor Vocabulary: What Are We Talking About 9
When We Talk About Labor?1.1 • Developing a Construction Vocabulary
Section 2 What Is the Construction Sector? 20
Section 3 Reading Charts and Graphs Series: Employment Trends in Construction 273.1 • Interpreting Bar Graphs: Job Losses and Gains Across Sectors
3.2 • Interpreting Bar Graphs: Total Jobs in Construction in NYC*
3.3 • Construction Careers Brainstorm
Section 4 How Does Technology Affect Today’s Labor Market? 42 4.1 • Technology’s Impact on Construction
Section 5 Read and Discuss: Career Advantages of Being Bilingual 505.1 • Using Question Stems: What is a Labor Union?
Section 6 Career Families in Construction 64
Section 7 Employer Types in Construction* 69
Section 8 TASC Essay Series: New for New York’s Workers 758.1 • TASC Informational Essay: Sick Leave in New York City
8.2 • TASC Argumentative Essay: A New Minimum Wage
8.3 • TASC Informational Essay: NY Paid Family Leave Law
UNIT • 2 KNOWING MYSELF 115Section 1 Listening Exchange: My Work History 118
Section 2 Identifying Work Values and Interests 120
Section 3 Introduction to Career Databases Series 1243.1 • CareerZone 126
a. Introduction to New York’s CareerZone and Example Career: Construction Carpenter
b. Group Research on a Construction Career
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c. Preparing a Research Presentation
d. Presenting CareerZone Research
3.2 • Career Cruising 139
a. Your Unique Qualities
b. Navigating Career Cruising and Example Career: Ironworker
c. Create a MyPlan Account
d. Exploring Career Clusters
e. Career Cruising Matchmaker
f. Reading about Recommended Careers
g. Video, Audio and Written Worker Interviews
h. Additional Career Search Resources
Section 4 A Career-Focused Financial Literacy Series 158 4.1 • Calculating a Budget: How Much Do I Need to Earn?
4.2 • Check Cashing Services vs. Bank Accounts
4.3 • Advantages and Disadvantages: Online and Mobile Banking
4.4 • Terms for Taxes
4.5 • Calculating Income Taxes: How Does it Work?
4.6 • Completing Form W-4
4.7 • Earned Income Tax Credit: What Is It and Who Gets It?
UNIT • 3 IN THEIR OWN VOICES: WORKERS’ NARRATIVES 201Section 1 Video Narratives in Construction 203
Section 2 Using Question Stems as a Reading Strategy: 209 Career Narratives in Construction
2.1 • Computer Research: Career Narratives in Construction
Section 3 Spotlight on Women in Construction 233
UNIT • 4 GETTING PREPARED: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 245Section 1 Calculating with Bar Graphs: Education Pays 249
Section 2 A Construction Career Movement Series 253 2.1 • Jason Miller’s Career Movement Story
2.2 • Extension Activity: Figurative Language in Jason Miller’s Career Movement Story
2.3 • Jason’s Career Map
2.4 • Multiple Paths: How Personal Factors Impact Career Movement
= This activity appears in all CareerKits = This activity appears in all CareerKits with sector-specific modifications
Section 3 Job Training Series in Construction 2693.1 • Finding Your Path
3.2 • Job-Seeker Terminology
3.3 • Know Before You Enroll*
3.4 • Apprenticeships in Construction
3.5 • Assessing and Selecting Job Training Programs in Construction
3.6 • A Taste of Training: Reading a Construction Employee Safety Manual
Section 4 CUNY Can Get You There Series: Programs in Construction* 3054.1 • CUNY Basics: An Overview of the CUNY System
4.2 • Researching CUNY Degree and Certificate Programs in Construction*
4.3 • Understanding Degree Program Requirements*
4.4 • CUNY Certificates: Construction Management and Solar PV Installation Professional*
4.5 • How Do I Enroll in CUNY?*
Section 5 Advanced Careers in Construction: Architecture and Engineering 332
UNIT • 5 CHOOSING A CAREER, FINDING A JOB 3339Section 1 Identifying Your Network 342
1.1 • Developing Informational Interview Questions
Section 2 Spotlight on Green Building Careers 349
Section 3 Sentence Combining: Self-Care in Construction 358
Section 4 Reading Sample Help Wanted Ads in Construction* 366
Section 5 Assessing Job Offers in Construction* 374
Section 6 Starting Your Own Business Series* 379 6.1 • Calculating with Percents: Small Businesses in New York City*
6.2 • Small Business Narratives in Construction*
6.3 • The Nuts and Bolts of Launching a Business*
Section 7 A Panel of Construction Professionals 403
Section 8 My Career Map 406 8.1 • Career Map Writing Activity
= This activity appears in all CareerKits = This activity appears in all CareerKits with sector-specific modifications
UNIT • 6 HOUSE AND HOME 413Section 1 Types of Housing Series 416
1.1 • The Cost of Housing
1.2 • Government-Supported Housing
1.3 • Housing Assistance
Section 2 Housing Discrimination and What to Do About It 4822.1 • Tenant’s Rights and Resources
Section 3 A Story of Neighborhood Change Series 5063.1 • A Story of Neighborhood Change: Pearl River Mart
3.2 • Analyzing Neighborhood Change
Section 4 Safety at Home: Making a Housing Complaint 5344.1 • Do-It-Yourself Literacy: Basic Apartment Maintenance
Section 5 Measurement Math: Problem-Solving with Increments on a Ruler 567
UNIT • 7 PARENTING IS A JOB, TOO 581Section 1 Talking to Babies 585
Section 2 Ages and Stages of Child Development 592
Section 3 Intergenerational Education: A Preschool in a Nursing Home 596
Section 4 Attachment and Brain Development 600
Section 5 Communicating with Toddlers 604
Section 6 Family Literacy: Sharing Books Together 607
Section 7 Childhood Vaccinations: Why Should I Vaccinate My Child? 614
Section 8 New York City Community Health Profiles* 624
Section 9 When Parents Go Back to School, Their Kids Benefit 643
Section 10 Community and Family Resources* 649
Section 11 Reading a New York City School Evaluation* 661
Section 12 We are New York: Welcome Parents* 669
Section 13 We are New York: Stay in School 675
Section 14 Writing Activity: Advice for Teachers 678
Section 15 TASC Argumentative Essay: The Screen Time Debate 687
= This activity appears in all CareerKits = This activity appears in all CareerKits with sector-specific modifications
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Table of Skills CONSTRUCTION
All CareerKit activities teach content about careers while at the same time teaching reading, writing, math or other skills. Use the table below to identify lessons according to the literacy skill they address. Across the top of the page are the literacy and numeracy skills. Down the side of the page is each activity, grouped by unit. To find several activities using the same literacy or numeracy skill, find the skill at the top of the page, and read down the column.
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS
TASC: Reading an
Informational Text
Determine Central Idea
Summarize Paraphrase PredictionsMake
InferencesVocabulary
Development
Discerning Meaning from Context Clues
Figurative Language
Annotate Texts
Analytic Discussion
of TextNotetaking
Verbal or Written
Analysis of Videos
Identify Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
Cite Textual (or Other) Evidence
to Support Analysis
UNIT 1: Analyzing the Construction Labor Market
U1, Section 1: Labor Vocabulary X X
U1, S1.1: Developing a Construction Vocabulary
X X X
U1, S2: What is the Construction Sector?
X X X
U1, S3.1: Jobs Losses and Gains X
U1, S3.2: Total Jobs in Construction X X X
U1, S3.3: Construction Careers Brainstorm
U1, S4: How Does Technology Affect Today's Labor Market?
X X X
U1, S4.1: Technology's Impact on Construction
X X X X
U1, S5: Career Advantages of Being Bilingual
X X X X
U1, S5.1: Question Stems: What is a Labor Union?
X X X
U1, S6: Career Families
U1, S7: Employer Types X
U1, S8.1–8.3: TASC Essay Series: New for New York's Workers
X X X X X
UNIT 2: Knowing Myself
U2, Section 1: My Work History
U2, S2: Work Values and Interests
U2, S3.1: CareerZone activities A-D X
U2, S3.2: Career Cruising activities A-H
X X X
U2, S4.1: Calculating a Budget
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS (cont’d) WRITING SKILLS MATH SKILLS ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Compare and
Contrast
Develop Questions
Reading an Infographic
Create Visual Representation
of a Text
Respond to Text in Writing
TASC Argumenta-tive Essay
TASC Infor-
mational Essay
Per-suasive Writing
Peer Editing
Analyze Employment
Trends
Read and Analyze
Graphs and Charts
Calcu- lations
Percents and
Decimals
ConductWeb-basedResearch
Self- Assess-ment
Make Presenta-
tionsCivics
UNIT 1: Analyzing the Construction Labor Market
U1, Section 1: Labor Vocabulary
U1, S1.1: Developing a Construction Vocabulary
U1, S2: What is the Construction Sector?
X
U1, S3.1: Jobs Losses and Gains X X
U1, S3.2: Total Jobs in Construction X X X
U1, S3.3: Construction Careers Brainstorm
U1, S4: How Does Technology Affect Today's Labor Market?
X
U1, S4.1: Technology’s Impact on Construction
X
U1, S5: Career Advantages of Being Bilingual
X
U1, S5.1: Question Stems: What is a Labor Union?
X
U1, S6: Career Families X X
U1, S7: Employer Types
U1, S8.1–8.3: TASC Essay Series: New for New York's Workers
X X
UNIT 2: Knowing Myself
U2, Section 1: My Work History X X
U2, S2: Work Values and Interests X X
U2, S3.1: CareerZone activities A-D X X
U2, S3.2: Career Cruising activities A-H
X X X X
U2, S4.1: Calculating a Budget X X
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS
TASC: Reading an
Informational Text
Determine Central Idea
Summarize Paraphrase PredictionsMake
InferencesVocabulary
Development
Discerning Meaning from Context Clues
Figurative Language
Annotate Texts
Analytic Discussion
of TextNotetaking
Verbal or Written
Analysis of Videos
Identify Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
Cite Textual (or Other) Evidence
to Support Analysis
UNIT 2 (cont’d)
U2, S4.2: Check Cashing vs. Bank Accounts
X X X X
U2, S4.3: Online and Mobile Banking X X
U2, S4.4: Terms for Taxes X
U2, S4.5: Calculating Income Taxes X
U2, S4.6: Completing Form W-4 X
U2, S4.7: Earned Income Tax Credit X X X X X X
UNIT 3: In Their Own Words: Workers’ Narratives
U3, Section 1: Video Narratives X X
U3, S2: Using Questions Stems: Career Narratives
X
U3, S2.1: Computer Research: Career Narratives
X
U3, S3: Spotlight on Women in Construction
X X X
UNIT 4: Getting Prepared: Education and Experience
U4, Section 1: Education Pays
U4, S2.1: Jason Miller’s Career Movement Story
X X
U4, S2.2: Extension Activity: Figurative Language
X X
U4, S2.3: Jason’s Career Map
U4, S2.4: Multiple Paths
U4, S3.1: Finding Your Path X X
U4, S3.2: Job-Seeker Terminology X
U4, S3.3: Know Before You Enroll X X
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS (cont’d) WRITING SKILLS MATH SKILLS ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Compare and
Contrast
Develop Questions
Reading an Infographic
Create Visual Representation
of a Text
Respond to Text in Writing
TASC Argumenta-tive Essay
TASC Infor-
mational Essay
Per-suasive Writing
Peer Editing
Analyze Employment
Trends
Read and Analyze
Graphs and Charts
Calcu- lations
Percents and
Decimals
ConductWeb-basedResearch
Self- Assess-ment
Make Presenta-
tionsCivics
UNIT 2 (cont’d)
U2, S4.2: Check Cashing vs. Bank Accounts
X X X
U2, S4.3: Online and Mobile Banking X
U2, S4.4: Terms for Taxes
U2, S4.5: Calculating Income Taxes X
U2, S4.6: Completing Form W-4 X
U2, S4.7: Earned Income Tax Credit X
UNIT 3: In Their Own Words: Workers’ Narratives
U3, Section 1: Video Narratives X
U3, S2: Using Questions Stems: Career Narratives
X X
U3, S2.1: Computer Research: Career Narratives
X X
U3, S3: Spotlight on Women in Construction
X
UNIT 4: Getting Prepared: Education and Experience
U4, Section 1: Education Pays X X X
U4, S2.1: Jason Miller’s Career Movement Story
X
U4, S2.2: Extension Activity: Figura-tive Language
X
U4, S2.3: Jason’s Career Map X
U4, S2.4: Multiple Paths X
U4, S3.1: Finding Your Path X X X
U4, S3.2: Job-Seeker Terminology
U4, S3.3: Know Before You Enroll X
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS
TASC: Reading an
Informational Text
Determine Central Idea
Summarize Paraphrase PredictionsMake
InferencesVocabulary
Development
Discerning Meaning from Context Clues
Figurative Language
Annotate Texts
Analytic Discussion
of TextNotetaking
Verbal or Written
Analysis of Videos
Identify Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
Cite Textual (or Other) Evidence
to Support Analysis
U4, S3.4: Apprenticeships in Construction
X X X X X X
U4, S3.5: Job Training Programs in Construction
U4, S3.6: A Taste of Training: Employee Safety Manual
X X X
U4, S4.1: An Overview of the CUNY System
X X
U4, S4.2: CUNY Degree and Certificate Programs
U4, S4.3: Understanding Degree Program Requirements
X
U4, S4.4: CUNY Certificates X
U4, S5: Advanced Careers in Construction: Architecture and Engineering
X X
UNIT 5: Choosing a Career, Finding a Job
U5, Section 1: Identifying Your Network
X X X
U5, S1.1: Informational Interview Questions
U5, S2: Spotlight on Green Building Careers
X X
U5, S3: Sentence Combining: Self-Care in Construction
X X X X
U5, S4: Reading Sample Help Wanted Ads
X X X
U5, S5: Assessing Job Offers X
U5, S6.1: Calculating with Percents X
U5, S6.2: Small Business Narratives X X
U5, S6.3: Launching a Business
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS (cont’d) WRITING SKILLS MATH SKILLS ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Compare and
Contrast
Develop Questions
Reading an Infographic
Create Visual Representation
of a Text
Respond to Text in Writing
TASC Argumenta-tive Essay
TASC Infor-
mational Essay
Per-suasive Writing
Peer Editing
Analyze Employment
Trends
Read and Analyze
Graphs and Charts
Calcu- lations
Percents and
Decimals
ConductWeb-basedResearch
Self- Assess-ment
Make Presenta-
tionsCivics
U4, S3.4: Apprenticeships in Construction
X
U4, S3.5: Job Training Programs in Construction
X X X X
U4, S3.6: A Taste of Training: Employee Safety Manual
U4, S4.1: An Overview of the CUNY System
X X X
U4, S4.2: CUNY Degree and Certificate Programs
X X
U4, S4.3: Understanding Degree Program Requirements
X X
U4, S4.4: CUNY Certificates X
U4, S5: Advanced Careers in Construction: Architecture and Engineering
X X
UNIT 5: Choosing a Career, Finding a Job
U5, Section 1: Identifying Your Network
X X
U5, S1.1: Informational Interview Questions
X
U5, S2: Spotlight on Green Building Careers
X
U5, S3: Sentence Combining: Self-Care in Construction
U5, S4: Reading Sample Help Wanted Ads
X
U5, S5: Assessing Job Offers X X X X
U5, S6.1: Calculating with Percents X X X X
U5, S6.2: Small Business Narratives X
U5, S6.3: Launching a Business X
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TABLE OF SKILLSCONSTRUCTION
READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS
TASC: Reading an
Informational Text
Determine Central Idea
Summarize Paraphrase PredictionsMake
InferencesVocabulary
Development
Discerning Meaning from Context Clues
Figurative Language
Annotate Texts
Analytic Discussion
of TextNotetaking
Verbal or Written
Analysis of Videos
Identify Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
Cite Textual (or Other) Evidence
to Support Analysis
UNIT 5 (cont’d)
U5, S7: A Panel of Construction Professionals
U5, S8: My Career Map
U5, S8.1: Career Map Writing Activity
UNIT 6: House and Home
U6, Section 1.1: The Cost of Housing
X X X X X
U6, S1.2: Government-Supported Housing
X X X X X X
U6, S1.3: Housing Assistance X X X X
U6, S2: Housing Discrimination X X X X X X X
U6, S2.1: Tenants’ Rights and Resources
X X X
U6, S3: Neighborhood Change: Pearl River Mart
X X X
U6, S3.1: Analyzing Neighborhood Change
X X X X
U6, S4: Safety at Home X X X
U6, S4.1: Basic Apartment Maintenance
X X X X X X X
U6, S5: Measurement Math
UNIT 7: Parenting is a Job, Too
U7, Section 1: Talking to Babies X X X X
U7, S2: Ages and Stages X X
U7, S3: Intergenerational Education X
U7, S4: Attachment and Brain Development
X X X X
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS (cont’d) WRITING SKILLS MATH SKILLS ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Compare and
Contrast
Develop Questions
Reading an Infographic
Create Visual Representation
of a Text
Respond to Text in Writing
TASC Argumenta-tive Essay
TASC Infor-
mational Essay
Per-suasive Writing
Peer Editing
Analyze Employment
Trends
Read and Analyze
Graphs and Charts
Calcu- lations
Percents and
Decimals
ConductWeb-basedResearch
Self- Assess-ment
Make Presenta-
tionsCivics
UNIT 5 (cont’d)
U5, S7: A Panel of Construction Professionals
X
U5, S8: My Career Map X X
U5, S8.1: Career Map Writing Activity
X X
UNIT 6: House and Home
U6, Section 1.1: The Cost of Housing X X X X
U6, S1.2: Government-Supported Housing
X X X X
U6, S1.3: Housing Assistance X X
U6, S2: Housing Discrimination
U6, S2.1: Tenants’ Rights and Resources
X
U6, S3: Neighborhood Change: Pearl River Mart
U6, S3.1: Analyzing Neighborhood Change
X X X X X
U6, S4: Safety at Home X X X
U6, S4.1: Basic Apartment Maintenance
X
U6, S5: Measurement Math X
UNIT 7: Parenting is a Job, Too
U7, Section 1: Talking to Babies X
U7, S2: Ages and Stages X
U7, S3: Intergenerational Education
U7, S4: Attachment and Brain Development
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TABLE OF SKILLSCONSTRUCTION
READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS
TASC: Reading an
Informational Text
Determine Central Idea
Summarize Paraphrase PredictionsMake
InferencesVocabulary
Development
Discerning Meaning from Context Clues
Figurative Language
Annotate Texts
Analytic Discussion
of TextNotetaking
Verbal or Written
Analysis of Videos
Identify Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
Cite Textual (or Other) Evidence
to Support Analysis
UNIT 7 (cont’d)
U7, S5: Communicating with Toddlers
U7, S6: Family Literacy X X X X
U7, S7: Childhood Vaccinations X X X X
U7, S8: Community Health Profiles X X X X X X
U7, S9: When Parents Go Back to School
X X X X
U7, S10: Community and Family Resources
X X X X
U7, S11: Reading a School Evaluation
X
U7, S12: Welcome Parents X X X
U7, S13: Stay in School X X
U7, S14: Advice for Teachers
U7, S15: The Screen Time Debate X X X X X
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READING AND ANALYZING TEXTS (cont’d) WRITING SKILLS MATH SKILLS ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Compare and
Contrast
Develop Questions
Reading an Infographic
Create Visual Representation
of a Text
Respond to Text in Writing
TASC Argumenta-tive Essay
TASC Infor-
mational Essay
Per-suasive Writing
Peer Editing
Analyze Employment
Trends
Read and Analyze
Graphs and Charts
Calcu- lations
Percents and
Decimals
ConductWeb-basedResearch
Self- Assess-ment
Make Presenta-
tionsCivics
UNIT 7 (cont’d)
U7, S5: Communicating with Toddlers
X
U7, S6: Family Literacy X
U7, S7: Childhood Vaccinations X X X
U7, S8: Community Health Profiles X X X X X X
U7, S9: When Parents Go Back to School
X
U7, S10: Community and Family Resources
X
U7, S11: Reading a School Evalution
X X X
U7, S12: Welcome Parents X X
U7, S13: Stay in School
U7, S14: Advice for Teachers X
U7, S15: Screen Time for Kids X X