Published on 30/12/2024 22:21
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Education: parents' techniques for limiting their children's screen time
Education: parents' techniques for limiting their children's screen time
(France 2)
From January 1, the health report will include recommendations concerning the use of screens for children. Basically, zero tolerance up to 3 years, then in a homeopathic dose. But sometimes it's hard to resist, so you have to know how to compose.
Mickaëla, 6 years old, enjoys the mischievous look. She has permission to use her parents' tablet to draw and play. But only on weekends, for a maximum of one hour. Her parents choose which cartoons she can watch. “The important thing is that there is a story that is understandable but which provides an educational point of view”explains Mickaëla’s mother.
Children his age spend an average of 1.5 hours each day in front of the screen, one more than specialists recommend. At certain key moments, they must be banned: “Avoid during meals, to fall asleep or to calm the child. Because unfortunately we will put in place quite negative rituals which will have an impact on eating, sleeping, and the child's ability to manage frustrationexplains Axelle Desaint, director of Internet Sans Fear. Another solution: books that come to life once placed on an interactive console.
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