childrennot all but many of them, swear by their screen : that of the game console, the telephone, the PC or the TV… The rest of the year, their already busy schedule between school or college, homework, extra-curricular activities and rest, limits this time spent in front of a screen. In summer, on the other hand, it is more complicated to take them off. If they are neither in a summer camp nor in summer camp, our children stay at home while we work, and do not see the time spent playing or scrolling, a time that can sometimes be counted in an impressive number of hours. Going out, reading, playing sports, nothing seems as appealing as their PC or phone. This is not without consequence on their health, physical and psychic. What to do then to succeed in occupying them differently?
Bintily Diallo receives Serge Tisseron, psychiatrist, member of the Academy of Technologies, of the National Digital Council and co-responsible for the DU in cyberpsychology at the University of Paris Cité. He is the author of 3-6-9-12. Taming screens and growing (Erès, new edition published in 2018). He gives us tips and ways that we can help our children to do without their screenssummer but also all year round.