The Spanish Association of Pediatricians and the Spanish Data Protection Agency contacted parents and recommended not have more than two hours of digital entertainment for persons over 5 years of age. He also suggested that they work with their children to establish healthy family routines regarding technology use, with time limits and other restrictions, including for older adults.

This Monday, in a joint statement, both organizations unveiled the election campaign.”Change plan”where they encouraged parents to develop their own personalized plan with the help of Family Digital Plan created by the Spanish Association of Pediatricians.

This sets out recommendations based on scientific evidence for avoid harmful use of technology on the part of minors, for example, time limits: no screens until the age of two, less than one hour per day between the ages of 3 and 5, and no more than two hours of digital entertainment from then on.

Turn off electronic devices that no one is using.avoiding the use of two or more screens at once, keeping them out of non-sharing areas of the home such as the bedroom or bathroom, encouraging exercise as a family, or avoiding device holders for strollers or cars are others. recommendations.

On the Association of Pediatrics website you can familiarize yourself with all these indications and personalize your own plan according to the individual characteristics of each family, so that it is followed by all members of the home, including parents, since in these cases the example is important. .

As both associations warned, More screen time in young children is associated with an increased risk of insomnia and depressive symptoms. and influence on personal social interaction.