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How to help your child manage screen time
Time vouchers
These time vouchers are a useful tool to support families in their mediation for a safer and responsible use of the internet by their children and teenagers.
It promotes responsibility and family conversations on screen time and disconnecting.
The vouchers are designed for parents and caregivers to give to young people with a specific time assigned (i.e. 30 minutes) and for a specific type of device use (videogames, social networks, movies and series).
Kids need to act responsibly, disconnecting on time and giving the voucher back to their parents.
Guide on parental controls tools
This guide provides an overview of monitoring settings available in popular apps and specialised parental control software to help parents and caregivers ensure their children's safety online.
Podcast "Offline balance in the online era"
20 per cent of teenagers and adolescents spend more than four hours a day on their phones or social media. How much screen time is still “okay,” and when does it become a risk for screen addiction?
Law of March 2, 2022 aimed at strengthening parental control over means of accessing the internet
To better protect children on the internet, the law requires manufacturers of connected devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.) to install a parental control system and offer its free activation when the device is first put into service. A decree makes the law applicable on September 5, 2022. Another text is still awaited.
Technical child protection on the internet
Although promoting media literacy among young users is the top priority, the use of technical measures on the digital devices of younger children can be helpful. The range of technical child protection measures is vast, and they typically combine various functions to keep inappropriate content away from minors. This usually involves setting usage times, filtering content, and blocking certain applications.
- Learning corner
Parental controls | Browsers and search engines
- Learning corner
Parental controls | Gaming
Children and the media – a survey of 9–18-year-olds' media habits
Children and media is a survey of children and young people's digital media habits.
Parental regulation of children's media use
In this partial report, data from the Parents and Media, and Children and Media surveys in 2024 are presented, which shed light on how parents with children between 1-17 years of age view the regulation of their children's media use, and then explain how children aged 9-18 respond to questions about their parents' regulation of their media use.
(Source: Norwegian Media Authority).
Main findings include:
