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As parents, what criteria can we adopt to choose a suitable cartoon for our children?
Here are some pointers:
- the age of the protagonists must be fairly close to that of the viewers
- the duration must be between 5 and 20 minutes; after the age of 5, the time can be extended
- choose a story that runs linear in its development
- prefer relaxed narrative rhythms (slow sequences) so that the child can pause to observe, listen and understand (and thus be an active and not just a passive
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When disc
ussing the subject of ‘TV use’ with parents, a number of questions arise spontaneously: when is it possible to start letting children watch TV? For how long? What to propose?
As early as 2001, the American Academy of Paediatricians advised against exposing children to screens before the age of 2 because children need something else, such as developing fine motor skills and exploring their surroundings through their senses....
From the age of 2, the use of TVs or screens can be
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In the age group from 3 to 6 years, sleep rhythms and duration become very similar to those of an adult:
up to the age of 5, 11 and a half hours of sleep are required, with a possible nap in the early afternoon;
from about 6 years of age, about 10 and a half hours of sleep are required (and there is no longer a child's request for an afternoon nap, in the majority of subjects).
Considering these physiological rest requirements, dear parents, organise yourself so that your child can go to sleep
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The afternoon nap not only allows the recovery of energy spent in the first part of the day, but also promotes learning and the development of cognitive processes (while sleeping everything learned during the hours of activity finds its place in the brain) as well as brain maturation.
Until about 6 years of age, the child may feel the needs, the need for an afternoon nap, which supplements the hours of night sleep. The time to devote to this recharging time can vary from half an hour to an