“Even fighting with siblings is better for kids than staring at a screen.”

The pediatrician Carlos Gonzalez (Zaragoza, 1960) is one of the most famous physicians specializing in childhood. Author of successful books such as my child won’t eat me The popularizer talks about the importance of reducing screen time for children in one of his latest videos.

“When your child is around, in front of the screen They’re not doing anything else,” Gonzalez says, stressing that any time a child is in front of a monitor is a waste of time.

“He’s not running, he’s not playing. He doesn’t jump or read books.he hasn’t told his parents or his friends,” the Aragonese doctor and author said in a YouTube video.

“Even competing with your brother is difficult,” Carlos González said in his video. most helpful for child development Rather than sitting dumbfounded in front of the TV. ”

So, should you reduce screen consumption in the early stages? Carlos González recommends not letting children stand in front of you until they are at least 2 or 3 years old.

“For the first few years we didn’t watch TV, and after that we almost didn’t watch TV,” the pediatrician said, adding that in early childhood: 20 minutes is enough In later stages, the maximum will be 1 hour per day.

And when he says television, he means all screens. “It’s time to watch more TV.” Video game time, iPad time, On your phone, on Instagram, on TikTok,” he concluded.