This narrative literature review examines the relationship between media use and young children's self-regulation. Through a literature search of PsycINFO, and a subsequent manual search, authors identified 16 peer-reviewed articles published since 2010 that explored how child and parent television viewing and cell phone use are linked to children's self-regulatory skills. Syntheses of available evidence indicated three pathways that narrate the growing body of research on the relationship between media use and children's self-regulation: (a) children's media use had a direct and bidirectional relationship with self-regulatory skills, (b) children's media use was linked to self-regulation through interactions with parents and caregivers, and (c) parental media use was linked to children's self-regulation through child--parent interactions. Authors discuss policy, practice, and future research implications for early childhood professionals and parent educators, with an emphasis on the timeliness of this review in context of the current global health crisis.