Nursery World - Editor’s view

Young children are spending increasing amounts of time in front of screens, but should we have prescribed limits for use?

There seems to have been something in the air of late, as reports and research into children’s screen time and online use have flooded out.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health kicked things off with guidance saying that no specific limits should be set on screen time as there was no evidence that this was beneficial.

Others disagreed, however, with Dr Aric Sigman’s report for the Association of Play Industries pointing to a huge increase in children’s screen time and calling for limits of two hours a day.

A Canadian study linked high levels of screen use to delayed development in three-year-olds.

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