Published: January 05, 2019
We worry about our children’s online habits. Adults need to be on their guard too
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Did you hear about the kid who watched so much TV that her eyes turned square? I did. And so did every child during the 1990s, as desperate parents tried to tear us away from the box. Today’s panicky equivalent is “screen time”. Practically every parent I know is engaged in a strategic war of attrition with an addicted four-year-old over screens, tablets, iPads and smartphones.
Last week, to a collective sigh of relief, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health told them to worry less. It published guidance that said there wasn’t evidence that time in front of a screen is toxic. Just be smart, engaged and controlled, it suggested.
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