Hannah Deez, from Warwickshire, says she knew she wished her youngsters to have “no or low” screen time after she gave start in the course of the Covid lockdowns.
Having achieved that intention, and regardless of the occasional household film evening and academic content material on-line, Hannah says her kids have “barely seen a tablet”.
She says they’re a really “outdoorsy and creative family” and so proscribing screen time was a “no-brainer”.
“We don’t own a tablet,” she says.
“From day one we’ve said, ‘no, this is what we use telly for, this is what we use phones for’.
“They do not actually ask for video games and movies and issues like that on it as a result of they know we’ll say no.”
Hannah believes one of the main drivers behind screen time is apps and games marketed towards young children.
“I believe restrictions on promoting apps and screen time to kids could be actually useful,” she says.
“Children are sponges they usually study greatest from face-to-face time with a key caregiver – a guardian, a instructor.”
While her children have little screen time, Hannah says this doesn’t mean they are never allowed it.
“It’s extra about being actually aware about what we’re displaying them, and if we’re we watching one thing with them, we’re watching it as a household.”
