“Even fighting with his brother is better for your child than staring at the screen.”

pediatrician Carlos Gonzalez (Zaragoza, 1960) He is one of the most famous doctors specializing in the field of childhood. Author of successful books such as My baby won’t eat me Famously, he talks in one of his latest videos about the importance of reducing the time children spend in front of screens.

“The time when your child In front of the screen “He doesn’t do other things,” says Gonzalez, who highlights that a child’s screen time is wasted time.

“He doesn’t run, he doesn’t play, He doesn’t jump, and he doesn’t read.“He doesn’t talk to his parents or his friends,” the Aragonese doctor and author says in a YouTube video.

Carlos Gonzalez even stated in his video that “even fighting with a brother is bad Most beneficial for child development Instead of being lost in front of the TV.

Should we then nip screen consumption in the bud? Carlos Gonzalez recommends that children not stand in front of them until they are at least two or three years old.

“There was no television for the first few years and then very little.” The pediatrician adds that during childhood, 20 minutes is enough In later stages, the maximum is one hour per day.

When he says TV, he is referring to all the screens: “This is a good time to watch more TV.” Video game time, iPad time, On your mobile phone, Instagram or TikTok.”