Digital media and screen time

Online education for health care providers 

Preventing problematic screen use in children and youth provides guidance on the health impacts of screen use, with a focus on development, mental health, and psychosocial and physical effects. This course is accredited under the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Resources for young children (birth through 5 years)

• A clinician’s guide to counselling parents of young children
• Poster: Is she getting enough face time with you?
• Parent information: Screen time and young children
• Presentation (video) by Dr. Michelle Ponti on screen time recommendations (part of The Child & Youth Network's Healthy Kids Community Challenge forum in London, ON (November 2017).
• Position statement: Screen time and preschool children: Promoting health and development in a digital world, Digital Health Task Force, Canadian Paediatric Society (November 2022)

Resources for school-aged children and adolescents

• A clinician’s guide to counselling parents of school-aged children and adolescents
• Commentary: Social media and youth: A call to action, Digital Health Task Force, Canadian Paediatric Society (November 2023)
• Poster: Don't leave kids to their own devices
• Parent information: Screen time and digital media: Advice for parents of school-aged children and teens
• Position statement: Digital media: Promoting healthy screen use in school-aged children and adolescents, Digital Health Task Force, Canadian Paediatric Society (June 2019)