Expert calls for limit on children’s screen time

Limiting the amount of time children spend in front of a screen could have significant advantages for their health and wellbeing, a leading psychologist has said.

By the age of seven, a child born today will have spent a full year glued to screens, according to Dr Aric Sigman.

The average 10-year-old has at least five screens readily available to them at home, and over the course of childhood, youngsters spend more time watching television than they spend in school, he said.