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- for better attention at school, avoid screens in the morning;
- for more convivial meals, opt for screen-free meals;
- for restful sleep, avoid screens before bedtime and in the bedroom.
Protection of young people and persons under 18
2024 "Children and Screens" campaign: the right uses of screens for our children
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Every year since 2008, Arcom has organized a "Children and Screens" campaign to raise public awareness of the risks associated with children's exposure to screens, and provide advice on how to use them.
Arcom's mission: protection of youth and persons under 18
All TV channels are required to take part in the campaign, and radio stations are encouraged to join in. The campaign, which features the Authority's key messages on protecting person under 18s from screens, will run this year from July 5 to 8, 2024.
Every age has its own way of using screens
Toddler
Keep your child away from screens (TV, tablets and smartphones). Interaction with the world around them is essential to their development (language, motor skills, etc.).
Ages 3 to 8
Make sure your child only watches children's programs, with short broadcast sessions of no more than 30 to 40 minutes a day.
Choose suitable programs for a limited period of time. Excessive screen use can lead to problems with sleep, vision and concentration.
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As of 8 years old
Make sure that youngsters spend no more than one hour a day in front of a screen, regardless of the medium.
Accompany your child in his or her discovery of screens.
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Whatever your child's age
Download our leaflet "Learn to use screens!"
Arcom has put together a leaflet for children's family and educational circles, with practical advice on the use of screens in the broadest sense, and the rules of caution and respect for others to be observed online.
Campaign spot
Example of a TV message shown during the "Enfants et écrans" 2024 campaign (spot designed by France Télévisions and made available to all publishers).
Arcom's Youngsters Expert Committee
For the protection of youngsters, Arcom relies on a committee of experts with diverse and complementary skills, in direct contact with the world of childhood.
The committee, which is renewed every two years, meets as part of the working group in charge of protecting person under 18s. Through its notices, it contributes to the AMF's efforts to protect minors, and feeds into Arcom's forward-looking vision of the challenges facing the protection of young people, particularly those related to new uses and digital technology.
Olivier ANDRIEU-GÉRARD
Coordinator of the "media-digital uses" unit at the Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF) (French national union of family associations)
Justine ATLAN
Managing Director, e-Enfance
Agnès BACRIE
Elementary school principal
Eloïse BECHT (Ovidie)
Director, journalist and author
Grégoire BORST
Professor of Developmental Psychology and Educational Cognitive Neuroscience (Université Paris Cité)
Director, Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de l'éducation de l'enfant (LaPsyDÉ-CNRS)
François-Marie CARON
Pediatrician
Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire, Expert for Mpédia.fr
Béatrice COPPER-ROYER
Child and adolescent psychologist
Éric DELEMAR
Children's Ombudsman for the Rights Defender
Sabine DUFLO
Psychologist and family therapist in child psychiatry (medical-psychological center for children and adolescents, and specialized consultation on screen addiction). Attached to EPSM G. Daumezon)
Rose-Marie FARINELLA
Media and information educator, former journalist and school teacher
Christel GONNARD
Screenwriter and writing director
Azmina GOULAMALY
Director, Pipangaï animation studio
Paul JACQUIN
Pediatrician (adolescent medicine)
Emmanuel MARTIN
Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Ubisoft
Amélia MATAR
Founder of Colori
Georges PICHEROT
Pediatrician, former Head of Pediatrics at Nantes University Hospital
Thomas ROHMER
Chairman, Observatoire de la parentalité et de l'éducation numérique (OPEN)
Nicolas VIGNOLLES
General Delegate, Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs (SELL)
Internet and social networks: tips and tools
- Registering on a social network: discuss with your child whether he or she wishes to register on a social network. Registration requires a minimum age, as children need to be able to think critically.
- Publishing photos of your children: think twice before publishing photos of your children. It's up to the child to choose whether or not to expose himself or herself as an adolescent.
- Report online content: in the event of cyber-harassment or exposure to harmful content, use the reporting schemes set up by platforms and networks.
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