Sweden Urges Parents to Give up the Use of Mobile Phones in Their Children's Presence
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The Swedish health authorities have issued new recommendations to parents: the phone should stay in the pocket when they are with the children. The data is clear and the impact goes beyond that of...
The Swedish Public Health Agency believes that many parents spend too much time on their smartphones when their children are around. For this reason, the agency is calling on mothers and fathers to put their phones away more often to teach their children “good screen habits.”
Using a smartphone around children has negative effects.
For years, the debate about the excessive use of screens has focused on minors: how much time they spend in front of a tablet, when they should have a mobile phone or what effects social networks have on their mental health. However, Sweden has just given an interesting twist to that conversation. The Swedish Public Health Agency has explicitly asked parents to reduce the use of their own phones when they are with their children, arguing that ad…
The Swedish Public Health Agency on Monday urged parents to put their phones away when they spend time with their children.
Put your phone away when you are with your child and create screen-free zones in the home. FHM's new guidelines for parents are provoking school counselor Henrik Pallin, who believes the authority should put down the stick. "Shaming doesn't help," he says.
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