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Time up on your child’s iPad? Now put a book in their hands
Amid strict screen-time rules, old-fashioned print reading holds many benefits. The community needs to make books more accessible for children.
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If there are interesting books that children want to read in the home, reading becomes a viable entertainment option.
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Loh Chin Ee
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With recent screen guidelines for children updated
The guidelines include not giving children screen time during meals or one hour before bedtime. They also include limiting screen use outside of school to less than one hour a day for children between the ages of three and six, and double that for those aged seven to 12.
