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Grandparents have a role to play, too, in children’s screen time
Many are caregivers while parents are at work. So they need to be included in efforts to raise awareness about guidelines, restrictions
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Grandparents are often either the primary or secondary carers of children of working parents.
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Jiow Hee Jhee and Adeline Tay
Many parents would have heard about the health risks of their children watching digital devices. They would have also read about the updated guidelines from the Ministry of Health and dutifully limited screen use by children from 18 months to six years old to less than an hour a day outside school.
But the responsibility to safeguard children from these issues doesn’t just rest on parents. It involves an entire network of caregivers.
