Screen time for children far beyond national guidelines

New research from Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne shows the vast majority of children far exceed the national guidelines of no more than two hours of screen time a day.And it shows owning a smartphone or tablet has become the norm for children of all ages. The study finds one in three preschoolers now have their own smart devices. Melbourne mother of two Alice Pryor says, like most children, her son Charlie and daughter Annabell are easily lost in a world of Minecraft and make-believe on the screen. The main problem, she says, is getting the devices turned off. As a representative of Parents' Voice, an online network of parents, Ms Pryor says it is fairly common for children to show their darker sides when computer time ends.

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