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Kids' screen-time 'doubled during pandemic'. Here's how to bring it down again.
Technology was vital during the pandemic but experts are concerned about increased screen time on children's health and wellbeing.
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What's your child really doing online? Huge rise in 'harmful' searches triggers warning
Parents have reported a 42% rise in viewing content promoting either self-harm or suicide.
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This '20-20-20' rule could help protect your eyesight during lockdown
Over a third of people in the UK who have been using screens more during lockdown believe their eyesight has been affected.
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Adults spending more than a quarter of their day online: what effect is this having on our health?
We're spending an average of just over four hours a day online
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Most children now have their own mobile phone by the age of seven, new research reveals
Mobile phones ‘dominate children’s lives’ as 39% say they could not live without theirs.
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Children addicted to gaming will be offered NHS treatment
The service has been set up to address the “emerging problem” of gaming addiction.
Yahoo Life UKRise in children biting caused by screen time and parents having less time to read, nursery workers say
A quarter of nursery workers say they have seen a rise in the number of children biting in the past five years.
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Teenager tweets from smart fridge after mother confiscates electronic devices
Dorothy, whose last name is unknown, told followers her mother had taken away her phone.
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Parents are paying their children to stop them staring at their screens
A quarter of parents are 'bribing' their children to put down their tablet or phone.
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Mental health warning over children as young as two accessing social media
More than 60 per cent of professionals working with children said they were worried about under-five use of social media.
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Mums defend Coleen Rooney after criticism for allowing children to use iPads at football match
"It's called juggling the needs of everyone and it's what you get in a busy family."
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Limit screen time to an hour a day for under 5s and none for babies and toddlers, parents advised
Physical activity is considered far more important than screen time.
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Your toddler's screen time could hinder their language and motor skills
There are conflicting findings on the effects of screen time.
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How to tell if your child’s screen time is a problem
New guidance has been released which suggests there is no evidence that screen time in itself is harmful to children.
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Mum's genius note to get her children to clean the kitchen
"Today's WiFi password can be unlocked by texting a photo of a clean kitchen."
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Kirstie Allsopp has no regrets she smashed her children's iPads
All's well that ends well?
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WhatsApp to introduce 'vacation mode' just in time for Christmas
The messaging giant's latest update will stop you from checking your phone every two minutes.
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Smartphones are giving two-year-olds mental health problems, study finds
Time to switch off?
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Mum bans son's iPhone and sees his behaviour transformed. Should other parents be doing the same?
The fact is children and technology are a match made in heaven, or hell, depending on which screen-time camp you fall into. One mum who definitely knows where she stands on the whole to ban or not to ban discussion is Karly Tophill.
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Children Spend Three And A Half Days Of Their Summer Holiday Glued To A Screen
So it’s not good news that the average UK child will spend three and a half days of their six-week-long summer holiday looking at a screen. According to a survey conducted by Go Ape, kids devote 14 hours and 28 minutes a week of their school break to staring at a screen of some sort.