A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics investigated whether screen time in early childhood increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in life. While initial analyses suggested a ...

For children older than five, screen time should be limited to less than two hours a day. In 2019, the organization suggested that parents should make a family media plan and stick to it. They ...

Excessive screen time in young children links to Virtual Autism Spectrum Disorder, affecting social communication and behaviour Young children who spend more than four hours a day on screens, such ...

A chicken-or-egg question Some critics raise the possibility of reverse causality—i.e., that autism itself is the cause of social disengagement and heavy screen use rather than the other way around.

READ MORE: Here’s how much screen time your kids should be getting, according to new recommendations The survey found that 40.5 per cent of parents said their kids spent anywhere between one and ...

Screen time can benefit or harm young kids—it all depends on the content and context of what they consume by Teresa Rossignoli Palomeque, The Conversation ...

A new study suggests that too much screen time for young children can get in the way of normal parent-child interactions that are necessary for healthy social and cognitive development.

The longer the screen time the worse off they were, with children who spend longer than 2.5 hours a day even more likely to experience language and behaviour problems.

It would be wrong to claim I have consistent feelings about this. I do worry about his screen time, but mostly I am OK with it - in a way my husband definitely isn't. Partly this is down to my own ...