Debt of screens in Europe: How to protect children?

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Depending on screens among young people is seen as an excessive and compulsory use SmartphonesOvarian TabletsComputers, televisions and console. Young people around the world spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes a day in front of the screen. Excessive exposure to children under the age of 3 can have a negative impact on brain development. In addition, recent studies reveal that the relying on screens may increase from 9 to 11 The risk of the development of suicide behavior.

To protect children and adults since 2024, all digital sites in Europe must comply with the Digital Services Act, which is a set of EU level rules, aimed at creating a safe digital environment.

In France, the Smartphones They have been banned in schools since 2018, but the rule is widely ignored. However, some schools are taking very drastic measures. Marcel Bucknol Public School, southwest of Leon, is one of 200 French elementary schools, which has been testing the “digital suspension” from the beginning of the school year.

At 7:30 am, students in the first year of the 2nd cycle (11-12 years) should leave their mobile phones at the entrance. Older students may have their mobile phones, but are not allowed to use them during school hours. The school principal explains the confiscation Smartphones This is a very effective way to implement the barrier.

“The idea was to conduct this dependence on school hours soon.

Barrier Smartphones This is almost unanimously accepted by students.

“School prevents us from spending more time on the screen,” says a 12 -year -old woman.

The Spanish teacher says that digital spaces and events are reduced ciberbullyingA growing problem that affects one of six students in Europe, a Study Who recently.

“This year, we banned the use of mobile phones in the final ball, we were magical,” says Spanish editor Sophie Atalla. “The children are hesitant to dance and to be themselves. They are not interested in taking and handling photos.”

Throughout Europe, parents are taking action against the screen. In Leon, Mary-Lix, the mother of the two, wrote a book on this subject and formed a Facebook group five years ago, which has more than 20,000 members.

“When I lecture for children and schools, some people told me that she could not stop and told me that she knew she didn’t want to drink. But she ends drinking in it.”

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He argues that the Commission should adopt a firm position within the Digital Services Act, as a partner of the report on the drug design of digital services, and that the most drug methods should be prohibited, especially based on clicks and contacts.

“No human brain can cope with these steps,” he said.

A healthy relationship between children under the age of 18 requires the involvement of various interventions, including institutions, schools and families, and everyone is struggling to put the right rules or to be fulfilled. There is a basic question: To what extent are Internet Zambians to change their own business samples to protect the mental health of younger users?