{"id":11358,"date":"2019-05-08T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:02:37","slug":"who-guideline-on-screen-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/who-guideline-on-screen-time-2\/","title":{"rendered":"No Screens During Baby's First Year: Implications of New WHO Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Guidelines, Explained<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

The WHO guidelines aren’t really about screens. Instead they’re about overall patterns of behavior<\/a>. The WHO is concerned less about screen time than kids being inactive for long periods of time. It also recommends that infants and toddlers not be any sort of restraints (like a stroller or high chair) for more than an hour at a time and that they sleep for more than half the day. In fact, screens themselves are rarely mentioned in any form in the 36 page document<\/a>, and the WHO doesn’t even recommend a ban for screens for infants, simply saying \u201cScreen time is not recommended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Of course these guidelines open a new can of worms for parents in other ways. Ask any new parent how likely a baby is to actually get sixteen hours of sleep. But in terms of screens, it aligns far more with actual common sense and gives parents far more leeway. The question is how to make use of it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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