On Tuesday, a report on the screens will be submitted to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. One author recalls that this text, which recommends a ban on screens for children under three years old, aims to “guide parents”, and not to impose constraints by law.
“We will not put a police officer in front of each home”, also declared on RTL the addict psychiatrist Amine Benyamina, who co-chaired, with the neurologist Servane Mouton, the working commission on this report requested in January by the Head of State and whose main recommendations have already been detailed in the press on Monday evening.
Ban all cell phones before the age of 11
They include in particular a total ban on screens for children under 3 years old and, subsequently, extremely limited access up to 6 years old. Experts also recommend banning all cell phones before the age of 11 and only integrating the Internet from the age of 13.
But parents “must not be panicked”, warned Amine Benyamina, explaining that this report constituted above all “a form of guide. » “It’s not something that (needs) to be imposed,” he continued. The president with all the force he can muster, or all the presidents in the world, will not be able to come and legislate in homes. »
A tool for discussion with their children
According to the psychiatrist, the idea is first of all to provide parents with a tool for discussion with their children. “You have a framework in which you can perhaps negotiate with your children by saying ‘there are people who think, people who know the subject and advocate this type of thing’,” said Amine Benyamina.
Everything you need to know about banning screens for children under 3 years old
As such, he assured that the report had great scientific rigor, while the deleterious effect of screens on children is far from being the subject of a consensus among researchers. “We consulted and examined the literature and each time it was not very clear, we cautiously proposed things,” insisted Amine Benyamina.