HOW MUCH SCREEN TIME IS OVERHOLDING?
The Ministry of Health issued instructions in March 2023 that stated that children under the age of 18 should not use screens to reduce harmful display time. No more than one minute a day should be provided for those between the ages of 18 and 36.
I wish there were guidelines for children over the age of three when using the camera, but those may already be in the plays.
On June 21, health secretary Ong Ye Kung and minister for cultural and family creation Masagos Zulkifli announced plans to start implementing measures in the coming months in split Facebook messages.
” Our lifestyles have been changed by electronic equipment and social media. Our younger need to use them effectively, to improve their lives, and not inadvertently destroy their mental wellbeing. More significant and potent strategies may be required to change the behavior of system users.
Officials are also creating a new regulation script to mandate that app stores follow guidelines to ensure that kids are protected from downloading age-appropriate programs.  ,
In the interim, take note of the advice from Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist who wrote the book The Restless Generation. He advises that kids wait until they are in secondary college before getting a smartphone.
Some families may claim that their children need smartphones to manage their kids when they are traveling alone or that they are required to do so for class discussions. I concur, but we must take into account the well-known drawbacks of first smartphone use.
When my children, then 19 and 21, were in main school, my wife and I gave them “dumb devices” with no internet access. They could talk to their friends and family over the phone, but they could n’t use social media or the internet.