The numbers are astounding. We spend an average of 32 hours a week, or 15 years* of our lives, online. Faced with this digital influence, how can we fight back? Five people trust and give us their parade.
For Jeremy, it became a survival technique. When he takes the train every month to visit his parents in Marseille, this 38-year-old single father puts his 2.5-year-old daughter next to the window, puts the pink headphones on her ears and starts: Paw Patrol, Little Brown Bear, Peppa Pig. The child does not see France passing by the window. “He seems hypnotized and I can breathe before he arrives,” explains Jeremy, who has tried coloring pages, Playmobil and stories to no avail. T’choupi. “People cannot take their children on the train,” he emphasizes.
On average, children of this age spend 56 minutes a day in front of screens (Public Health France, 2023), and only 13.7% of parents respect the WHO recommendations of “zero screens before 2 years” (in France, pediatricians are triggering. up to 3 years). Numerous assessments have pointed to the role screens play in young children’s cognitive development, adolescent social skills, and more.
Source: Le Figaro
