Conflicting guidelines on young children's screen time and use of digital technology create policy and practice dilemmas

L Straker, J Zabatiero, S Danby, K Thorpe… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jpeds.com
Across the globe, many children live in a digitally en-meshed world. Education and industry
authorities encourage the use of digital technology by children to prepare them to thrive in a …

Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0–6 years: A systematic review

R Byrne, CO Terranova, SG Trost - Obesity reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of screen‐based devices on children's health and development cannot be
properly understood without valid and reliable tools that measure screen time within the …

[HTML][HTML] Improving motor skills in early childhood through goal-oriented play activity

P Sutapa, KW Pratama, MM Rosly, SKS Ali… - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Goal-oriented play activity encourages children to exercise and triggers the movement of
body muscles. Active muscles are stronger, more agile, faster, and more powerful. Purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset

CHM Cheung, R Bedford, IR Saez De Urabain… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Traditional screen time (eg TV and videogaming) has been linked to sleep problems and
poorer developmental outcomes in children. With the advent of portable touchscreen …

[HTML][HTML] Young children and screen-based media: The impact on cognitive and socioemotional development and the importance of parental mediation

E Swider-Cios, A Vermeij, MM Sitskoorn - Cognitive Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Young children are deeply immersed in digital technologies and the way children interact
with screen-based media during early childhood is constantly changing. Literature shows …

[HTML][HTML] Toddlers' fine motor milestone achievement is associated with early touchscreen scrolling

R Bedford, IR Saez de Urabain, CHM Cheung… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Touchscreen technologies provide an intuitive and attractive source of sensory/cognitive
stimulation for young children. Despite fears that usage may have a negative impact on …

The effects of screen media content on young children's executive functioning

B Huber, M Yeates, D Meyer, L Fleckhammer… - Journal of experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Children's exposure to screen-based media has raised concerns for many reasons. One
reason is that viewing particular television content has been shown to negatively affect …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of screen exposure on young children's cognitive development: A review

B Guellai, E Somogyi, R Esseily, A Chopin - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The past decade has witnessed a rapid increase in the use of screen media in families, and
infants are exposed to screens at younger ages than ever before. The objective of this …

[HTML][HTML] Fatores determinantes no tempo de tela de crianças na primeira infância

JNP Nobre, JN Santos, LR Santos… - Ciência & saúde …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
O uso de mídias por crianças na primeira infância está cada vez mais habitual, o que torna
necessário investigar os fatores determinantes para o tempo de tela, entendido como o …

The role of parents and parental mediation on 0–3-year olds' digital play with smart devices: Estonian parents' attitudes and practices

E Nevski, A Siibak - Digital Play and Technologies in the Early …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
In this manuscript, we analyse the attitudes and practices of Estonian parents (N= 198) who
allowed their 0–3-year olds to use smart devices. We aimed to discover if there was an …