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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:
Parents and media 2022 - a survey on parents' experiences with 1-17-year-olds' media habits
Parents and media is a survey about children and young people's digital media habits. The purpose of the survey is to provide an overall presentation of 1–17-year-olds' media use and insight into parents' regulation of children's and young people's everyday media life. Use of social media, games, news habits, age limits and parental control are among the topics surveyed.
(Source: Norwegian Media Authority).
Parents' reporting on their children's media habits and access to technology
This report is a partial report that belongs to the Parents and Media 2024 survey. The survey collectively sheds light on a large range of topics related to children's digital everyday life. In this interim report, results are presented in the areas that shed light on children's media habits, as well as their access to equipment and technology.
(Source: report).
VeiligOnline - Digipeuters en -kleuters
The new VeiligOnline training module ‘Digipeuters en -kleuters’, is addressed to parents of toddlers and tackles the challenges for children aged 0-6 years in the digital world. Together with Gezinsbond, families’ organization in Flanders, Child Focus developed this interactive training module to respond to the needs and requests of parents of toddlers that are more and more exposed to the question of screen exposure, media usage, and digital development of their children, since the youngest age.
