WHO Issues First-Ever Screen Time Guidelines for Kids, Will You Comply?

Richard Bradbury | Arvindh Yuvaraj | Jeff Sandhu

25-Apr-19 12:00

WHO Issues First-Ever Screen Time Guidelines for Kids, Will You Comply?

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In a report released Wednesday, World Health Organisation said, to be healthy, children under 5 years old should be spending less time staring at screens and more time playing. They recommend no more than one hour of screen time per day for children under 5 and no screen time at all for infants under 1. Trouble is though, will you comply?

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