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No screens before age of two, Swedish health authority tells parents

Guidelines also stipulate teenagers should have no more than three hours of screen time a day

“With these age-appropriate recommendations there is now an important support for children and young people, parents and other caregivers, for a more healthy, conscious and responsible use of screens and digital media.” Forssmed said there were now “concrete and clear recommendations” to make it easier to start up conversations around the subject, including time spent online, what happens there and what children can be exposed to. Earlier this year, a three-month scientific study in France, commissioned by the president, Emmanuel Macron, concluded that children under three should not be exposed to screens, including television, and no child should have a phone before the age of 11.

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