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1. Constant screen time can be habit-forming for children and encourage them to spend more time on screens. 2. Screens can have a drug-like effect on children's brains, making them more anxious and forgetful as they rely on technology instead of their own memory. 3. Blue light from phones can disrupt children's sleep by tricking their brain into thinking it is still daytime.

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Internet Matters Screen Time Guide

1. Constant screen time can be habit-forming for children and encourage them to spend more time on screens. 2. Screens can have a drug-like effect on children's brains, making them more anxious and forgetful as they rely on technology instead of their own memory. 3. Blue light from phones can disrupt children's sleep by tricking their brain into thinking it is still daytime.

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Guide to managing

children's screen time

Effect on
behaviour
Constant use of a device
and features like auto-play
on platforms can be habit
forming and encourage
children be spend longer
on screens Effect on
the brain
Screens can have a
drug-like effect on the
children's brains which can
make them more anxious

It can make children more


Effect on sleep forgetful as they rely on
Blue light from phones can things like Google, GPS
trick the brain into thinking and calendar alerts to
it’s still daylight making it look up information
difficult to sleep

What are the benefits?


• Gives children access to a wealth of
information to build their knowledge
• Technology takes away physical
barriers to social connections to
make children less isolated
• Exposure to tech has proven to
improve children’s learning and
development
• Online games and activities
enhance teamwork and creativity
10 tips to get in control
with your child’s screen time

Autoplay
Autoplay 1. Set a good example 7. Get the whole family
with your own device use to unplug and create
'screen free' zones
Off 2. Have discussions about at home
Off
the risks that they may
face based on their online 8. Together find apps, site
activities and games that will help
children explore their
3. Put in place a family passions and make
agreement and agree an screen time active
appropriate length
of time they can use their 9. For younger children find
device ways to combine touch
screen use with creative
Tes
t! 4. Help them build critical and active play
thinking to understand
that some features on 10. Encourage children to
platforms are design self-regulate the time
to keep you watching they spend online and
or playing the activity they do to
ensure they are having
5. Encourage them to a positive impact on
switch off auto-play their wellbeing
on platform to remove
the temptation to
binge on programmes

6. Use tech tools and


parental control to
manage the time they
spend online and the
apps they use

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