No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says

Babies and toddlers should not be left to passively watch TV or other screens, according to new World Health Organization guidelines.

Sedentary screen time, including computer games, should not happen before a child is two, the WHO says.

The limit for two- to four-year-olds is an hour a day and less is better.

The UK has no plans to update its own advice on screen use, which sets no time limits, although it says children should avoid screens before bedtime.

The UK's Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health insists there is little evidence screen use for children is harmful in itself.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48021224

The Case FOR Screen Time

Why TV, video games, & social media are better uses of time than you may think.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/how-do-life/201904/the-case-screen-time

Technology cuts children off from adults, warns expert

UCL professor says digital world disrupts family life, risking mental health of youngsters

One of the world’s foremost authorities on child mental health today warns that technology is threatening child development by disrupting the crucial learning relationship between adults and children.

Peter Fonagy, professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science at UCL, who has published more than 500 scientific papers and 19 books, warns that the digital world is reducing contact time between the generations – a development with potentially damaging consequences.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/27/technology-threatens-child-development-psychology-expert-warns