Rulize

18/06/2023

https://referendums.co.za/

16/09/2021

*Please note, this quote refers to children.
NO screen time for babies and toddlers under two.

SCREEN TIME

We may live in the technological age, but young *children still need 90% physical play, using their whole bodies, and 10% electronic play, to be well-developed and well-adjusted, happy, healthy children.

If most of a child’s play takes place sitting down in front of a screen, the chances are far greater that a child will battle with poor muscle tone, poor spatial orientation, an inability to cross the midline, poor pencil grip and plenty of other skills, all of which are fundamental for success at school.

Graham Codrington, the generation theory expert, says life expectancy for children born after 1990 is 130 years. The playful preschool years of 0 − 6 years are only 4% of that, which means that 96% of a child’s life involves reading and writing. So why do we rush children to read and write and work electronically if they only have six glorious years to PLAY and discover, and touch and move?

Dr Melodie de Jager

20/07/2017