The time children and adolescents spend in front of screens has lost ground among researchers as a metric for defining appropriate social media use. The number of hours spent in these environments is no longer the main criterion for evaluating whether use is safe or healthy for young people.
The current scenario is marked by applications with manipulative design and radicalized content, which makes defining a supposedly safe number of hours an unreal sense of protection for families. Setting time limits does not guarantee adequate protection against the risks present in these platforms.
Journalist Renata Cafardo is the author of the book "The Family Algorithm," launched this month, which addresses how the digital world challenges the way children are raised. The work offers a perspective on the challenges faced by parents in the digital age.
