This is the first given advice on how much screen time children should have from WHO. As suggested by WHO, children under the age of 5 should get no more than an hour of screen time a day. Similarly, they also recommended that kids under one year old should try to keep their screen time to as close to zero as possible.
This advice is similar to the advice issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP suggested that kids under 18 months old keep away from screens, other than video chats. They also suggested that the guardians of children under 2 should select “high-quality programming” that should be watched with a guardian to help children understand what is happening on the screen.
While these two sources claim that screen time should be limited for younger children, other groups have been arguing against this very claim. They claim that some screen time can be beneficial to younger children. Andrew Przybylski, who is the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, said, “Not all screen time is created equal.”
Dr. Max Davie, who is Britian’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health college’s officer for health improvement, said, “The restricted screen time limits suggested by WHO do not seem proportionate to the potential harm.” Britian’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said that the numbers and statistics that were given were too weak for their professionals to set a level of screen time.
This advice is similar to the advice issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP suggested that kids under 18 months old keep away from screens, other than video chats. They also suggested that the guardians of children under 2 should select “high-quality programming” that should be watched with a guardian to help children understand what is happening on the screen.
While these two sources claim that screen time should be limited for younger children, other groups have been arguing against this very claim. They claim that some screen time can be beneficial to younger children. Andrew Przybylski, who is the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, said, “Not all screen time is created equal.”
Dr. Max Davie, who is Britian’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health college’s officer for health improvement, said, “The restricted screen time limits suggested by WHO do not seem proportionate to the potential harm.” Britian’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said that the numbers and statistics that were given were too weak for their professionals to set a level of screen time.
