Turn children’s use of iPads and mobile phones down

In one of Userneeds’ recent quick polls, the panel members from the Nordics as well as Ireland all seem to agree: children today spend too much time on electronic devices.

Today's children have been called "A generation of iPad children, who cannot hold a pencil" and many other similar things. But should children spend less time on for example iPads or is it only natural in today's society that children play and learn with an iPad in their hand?

Userneeds' panel members all agree that parents today allow their children to spend too much time in front of an iPad, tablet, computer or mobile phone. More than half of the members in all countries except for Denmark have thus answered "Yes, absolutely" to the question:

Do you think parents today allow their child(ren) to spend too much time on mobile phones, tablets, computers, etc.?

In Ireland as many as 64 percent have chosen this option, whereas the same figure in Denmark is 42 percent. Not surprisingly, the second most popular option is "Yes, to some degree" which between 30 and 40 percent of the panel members have chosen.

In other words, very few panel members agree with the amount of time children spend on these electronic devices. Only between 4 and 6 percent have answered either "No" or "No not at all" to the question.