Sweden Urges Parents to Give up the Use of Mobile Phones in Their Children's Presence
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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…
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.
Sweden's public health agency has recommended that parents declare certain areas of the home as "spaces without telephones" and put their mobile phone aside when spending time with their children, after research has shown the impact of the use of screens by adults on children, reports The Guardian. The agency recommended two years in ...
Cell phone abstinence for parents is now coming to the spotlight in Sweden: the Health Authority is calling for use to be restricted and screen-free zones to be created. "Put your phone away when you are with your child. Use it only when you need it, or use it together," the Swedish Authority explained on Monday. Studies showed that the mobile phone use of parents negatively affects their interaction with the offspring. Children of parents who h…
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