Helping parents reduce their children's screen time

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Some of the recommendations include:

• No screen time (e.g. tablets, phones, computers) 30 minutes before bed
  
• Absolutely no screen time for infants below 18 months old
  
• Less than one hour of screen time per day for children above 18 months old
  
• Avoid screen time during meals
  

From https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/h...-schoolers. Also refer to https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p...e-exposure.

Personally I think this is good advice, but it's quite difficult for many parents like me who have to work and take care of children at the same time. Sometimes I don't know what else I can do to keep the children occupied so I just turn on the iPad for them to use. 

For many of us, giving the kids a tablet solves a problem in the short term but may cause long term problems that we aren't aware of. So it's good that there is more attention given to this topic. 

Any parents with advice on managing screen time for children, please share!

What if parents themselves want to reduce their own screen time?