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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1725330937141172460427824320201008-covid19-blended-learning-JC-12.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">A mother supervises a young learner as she uses her mobile phone to play some games during her lunch break inside their home in Bgy. San Roque in Quezon City on Oct. 8, 2020. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align:left">STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Toddlers should not be allowed to watch screens at all, Sweden told parents on Monday.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/6/survey-shows-most-pinoys-support-cellphone-ban-in-schools-senator-1147">• Survey shows most Pinoys support cellphone ban in schools: senator</a></div><p>Children under the age of two should be kept away from digital media and television completely, the country&#x27;s Public Health Agency said.</p><p>Kids between the ages of two and five should be limited to a maximum of one hour of screen time a day, it said in new recommendations, while those aged six to 12 should spend no more than an hour or two a day in front of a screen.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/04/24/19/study-8-of-10-pinoy-kids-choose-internet-over-tv">• Study: 8 of 10 Pinoy kids choose internet over TV</a></div><p>Teenagers aged 13 to 18 should be limited to two to three hours per day, the agency said.</p><p>&quot;For too long, smartphones and other screens have been allowed to enter every aspect of our children&#x27;s lives,&quot; Public Health Minister Jakob Forssmed told reporters.</p><p>The minister said that Swedish teens aged 13 to 16 spend six and a half hours a day on average in front of their screens, outside of school hours.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/8/25/dont-give-smartphones-to-kids-under-11-uk-mobile-phone-firm-says-043">• Don&#x27;t give smartphones to kids under 11, UK mobile phone firm says</a></div><p>Forssmed said that didn&#x27;t leave &quot;a lot of time for communal activities, physical activity or adequate sleep&quot;, and lamented a Swedish &quot;sleep crisis&quot; noting that more than half of 15-year-olds did not get enough sleep.</p><p>The health agency also recommended that kids not use screens before going to bed and that phones and tablets be kept out of bedroom at night.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/2/netherlands-nationwide-ban-on-phones-in-schools-underway-507">• Netherlands: Nationwide ban on phones in schools underway</a></div><p>It cited research showing that excessive screen use can lead to poor sleep, depression and body dissatisfaction.</p><p>Sweden&#x27;s government has previously said it is looking at a ban on smartphones in primary schools.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rM_ztzmVn5U?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Children under the age of two should be kept away from digital media and television completely, the country's Public Health Agency said.</p>

Children under the age of two should be kept away from digital media and television completely, the country's Public Health Agency said.

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