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    The Underlying Messages That Screen-Time Recommendations Send Parents

    Providing the sort of straightforward guidance parents desire is hard for anyone, even experts.
    by Joe Pinsker Apr 29, 2019 3 minutes
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    Last week, the World Health Organization issued new guidelines on how much time parents should permit young children to spend absorbed in digital screens, whether phones, tablets, or TVs. Kids younger than 1 year old, the organization advised, shouldn’t have any screen time, and kids ages 2 to 4 should have their passive screen time capped at an hour a day. “Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens,” the WHO stated in a press release.

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