1. Teens with Screen’s Pilot Project

2. Aims of Session To provide information on: What is screen time
Screen time guidelines
Reason to cut down screen time
Teens with Screens pilot project

3. What is screen time? What is screen time
Screen time is a term used for activities done in front of a screen, such as watching TV, working on a computer, tablet, laptop, mobile phone or playing video games. Screen time is sedentary activity, meaning you are being physically inactive while sitting down.

4. In the UK:
On average young people spend about 6 hours a day in front of screens for entertainment
76% of Scottish 11-15yr olds report more than 2 hours per day of TV alone
77% of boys and 37% of girls report 2 hours per day of gaming

5. Screen Time Guidelines
SIGN Guidelines 2010, NICE guidelines 2015 recommend:
no more than two hours of sedentary behaviour, particularly of screen time (TV watching, computer use and playing video games), for children per day
American Academy of Pediatrics Screen Time Guidelines recommend:
Children under 2 should watch NO TV
Limit older children’s total entertainment media time to no more than 2 hours per day
No TV in the bedroom

6. Reasons to cut down on screen time
Time spent with screens is associated with:
- childhood obesity
- sleep disturbance
- attention span issues

7. Reasons to cut down on screen time
Young people who watch 3 or more hours of television daily are at especially high risk for poor homework completion, negative attitudes toward school, poor grades and long term academic failure.
Young people with a television in their bedroom spend more time watching TV and report less physical activity, less healthy dietary habits, worse school performance and fewer family meals.

8. Teens with Screen’s Pilot Project
Over the next 5 weeks your child will take part in the Teens with Screen’s pilot project.
They will be tasked to look at their recreational screen time habits & how to reduce entertainment screen time (games, TV, social media, movies) to 2 hours a day.

9. Parent’s leaflet please read!
Leaflet will be handed out during session 2.

10. How you can help!
Over the next 5 weeks ask your child what their task is for the week.
Try to support them.
Try to limit your own entertainment screen time.
Please note young people will be allowed to use screen time for homework & studying.