•      Parents should pay more attention to their children.

•      Do not set up electronic devices in the children’s bedroom.

•      Impose media rules to the children. For example, time limit of how often or how long children is allowed to expose to the electronic devices, including playing game, watching television and etc.

•      Communicate with children on how they feel, and what they observe in the video games, television program or movies.

-Adam (New Staff for TNG)

Ideal screen time limits are:

  3 - 7 years: 0.5 - 1 hour per day

  7 – 12 years: 1 hour

  12 – 15 years: 1.5 hours

  16+ years: 2 hours 

-Adrian (New Staff from TNG)

 Research from Cornell University strongly suggests that for children under 3 years of age, screen viewing may be “an important trigger for autism”, the incidence of which appears to be increasing. Researchers estimated that just fewer than 40 per cent of autism diagnoses studied were linked to watching screens below the age of 3 (Waldman et al., 2006). While it is not clear how watching screens could trigger autism, it is possible the lack of social interaction could  make children prone to autism more withdrawn. And if screen technology is involved, the damage must be done early in life, as most cases of autism are diagnosed by age three. In  discussing the findings the lead researcher commented, “we have evidence that is awfully suggestive of a link between watching TV and autism.

-Vivian (New Staff from TNG)