LR deputies table a bill to regulate their use in the presence of children under 3 years old

The proposed law aims to regulate the use of screens in the presence of children under 3 years old. It will be tabled on Monday by two Republican deputies.

Two Republicans deputies, Annie Genevard and Antoine Vermorel-Marques will table, Monday April 8, a bill to regulate the use of screens in the presence of children under 3 years old, explains the Doubs deputy at franceinfo. The two elected officials want in particular to prohibit any exposure to tablets, televisions and telephones for children, looked after by a childminder or in a nursery. To do this, they propose, for example, that “the ban on access to screens is clearly mentioned in [la liste] approval criteria” which are issued to professionals and “in the contract which binds childminders to the children”specifies Annie Genevard.

The LR MP for Doubs recognizes that this rule will be more “probably possible in a nursery, because there is collective behavior” and more complicated “at home”. She therefore relies on “a relationship of trust between parents and the person responsible for looking after the children”. With this bill, the deputies do not want “not stigmatize these professionals who are for the most part extremely conscientious and concerned about the well-being of children”. They wish to alert on this “public health issue” in front of “the increasingly invasive use of screens”.

“Reduction in motor skills and disruption of landmarks”

Annie Genevard deplores this social phenomenon. “It is not uncommon to see very young children in possession of a screen”, she regrets. With her colleague from the Loire, she also notes that “many digital content publishers now target very young children”. She points to the existence, for example, of “digital games from 2 years old”.

However, the right-wing elected official insists on the dangerousness of screens before the age of 3, which disrupt, according to her, “a lot of functions in young children”. Annie Genevard mentions in particular “decrease in motor skills and disruption of landmarks”, “language delays” or “relational difficulties with those around you”. “Screens are harmful to children, particularly from a young age, when many things are being formed that are essential for a young child’s future,” she denounces.

The Doubs MP considers that if we “establishes screen consumer behaviors from a very young age”SO “it is obvious that sensitivity to screens will be greater and that difficulties will inevitably arise.” Faced with this observation, Annie Genevard pleads for “the adult, the professional who takes care of the child, does not demonstrate the importance he attaches to screens, because obviously, it raises questions for the child to see an adult who is constantly , or very often, connected to a screen”.