"A typical 8-year-old in the UK now spends almost three hours a day online, and by age two, around 4 in 10 children already have their own tablet. At the same time, children's enjoyment of reading is at a record low in UK surveys. The issue has gained new urgency after Australia announced a world-first ban on social media for under-16s, according to BBC."
"With most families I work with, the problem isn't that a tablet exists," he says. "It's that screens quietly eat into sleep, daylight, reading, or proper down-time." Instead of chasing a perfect number of minutes, Dr. Stevenson suggests three quick checks: What is screen time displacing? How is my child sleeping? And what kind of digital design are they exposed to? "Once you look through that lens," he says, "it's much easier to make small changes that actually stick.""
A typical 8-year-old in the UK now spends nearly three hours daily online, and many children under two already own tablets. Children's enjoyment of reading has fallen to record lows in surveys, while some governments have moved to restrict social media access for under-16s. Research links higher daily screen time with increased cardiometabolic risk in young people, especially when sleep is insufficient. Screens can help regulation for some autistic or ADHD children but should not be the sole coping tool. Practical checks focus on what screen time displaces, sleep quality, and the nature of digital design exposure.
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