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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Three-quarters of nine-month-olds in England have ‘daily screen time’

Little girl sitting on sofa looking at a tablet with other toys around her
The researchers said screen time and a healthy, active childhood ‘are not necessarily mutually exclusive’. Photograph: dvulikaia/Getty Images

Three-quarters of nine-month-old babies in England are allowed daily screen time, while a small “heavy use” group watch more than three hours a day, according to a study.

Just 2% of the infants included in the research reportedly watched more than three hours a day, while the average amount of time was 41 minutes, research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found.

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