A screen test for parents
Almost a quarter of seven-year-olds and eight-year-olds whose mothers had not educationally progressed beyond the Junior Certificate were looking at screens for more than three hours on any weekday
Not only arepoor food choices plaguing our population, particularly many of a lower socioeconomic background, but The Growing Up in Ireland report by the ESRI and Trinity College has pinpointed another potential danger.
The report tracked the development of 5,000 children since infancy. It found that almost a quarter of seven-year-olds and eight-year-olds whose mothers had not educationally progressed beyond the Junior Certificate were looking at screens for more than three hours on ...
