High screen time limits vocabulary in toddlers, research finds
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Key Points:
- The UK government will release its first official guidance on screen time for children under five in April, responding to research showing nearly all children under two use screens daily, with concerns about impacts on language development and concentration.
- A national working group led by Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza and Department for Education adviser Professor Russell Viner will consult parents, children, and early years practitioners to formulate the guidance, which will also offer alternatives to screen time.
- Research highlights disparities in early childhood reading habits, with 77% of children in the highest-income families read to daily at age two, compared to 32% in the lowest-income families, emphasizing the need for supportive interventions.
- Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson acknowledged the ubiquity of screens in family
