Kids in the East Midlands spend a whopping 45 hours a week stuck indoors – with more than a third of that time staring at screens

55% of Parents Say They Use Screen Time as a Bargaining Chip With Kids—Is This Effective?

How slippery can this incentive slope be?Fact checked by Sarah ScottParents/Morsa Images via getty Mother is sharing tablet PC with boy at homeIt starts off small. Maybe you promise an extra 15 minutes of tablet time if your kid finishes their veggies. Or you hold the TV remote hostage until all the toys are picked up. Before long, screen time becomes the ultimate currency in parenting. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. A recent report by Bright…

Kids in the East Midlands spend a whopping 45 hours a week stuck indoors – with more than a third of that time staring at screens

Specsavers is launching a new awareness drive to highlight the growing issue of childhood myopia, or short-sightedness, as new research reveals children are spending an average of 45 hours a week indoors, with more than a third of that time glued to screens.

Eighty-one per cent of doctors have detected an increase in diseases associated with the excessive use of screens in children aged four to twelve years. Overweight - which affects more than one third of the Spanish child population -, mental health problems, anxiety, stress, early myopia, sleep disorders, attention deficit or hyperactivity are some of the consequences related to a higher-than-recommended use of mobile phones, tablets, television…

According to the latest study of the use of free time by the Qustodio platform, in 2024 the children spent on average two months of the year on a screen. In addition, it indicates that, in a universe of 400,000 families, 83% of parents indicate that their children spend more time using devices of [...] La entrada An invitation to celebrate Children's Day with a lot of imagination aparece primero en Vivir en El Poblado.

The study, carried out by the Institute of Child Product and Leisure Technology, AIJU, and the Fundación Crecer Jugando, has involved pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, otolrinos, neurologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists, and also parents with children aged 0 to 17 years. More than 95% of the doctors consulted in the sample agree that the excessive use of screens is related to problems in child development and st…