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An action plan "for a reasonable use of screens by young people and children

Published on 11 March 2022
Update on 26 September 2022
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Summary

Following two opinions of the High Council of Public Health (HCSP), the Government launched on February 7, 2022 a action plan which aims to promote information, education and support for children, parents and professionals in order to learn to use screens as a medium, in appropriate times and places. This plan includes four actions.

Digital parenting workshops through a network of associations

Professionals working with children and families, who are often the first to be contacted by parents facing this new risk, are sometimes at a loss as to how to support them. Initiatives to support families and professionals do exist, but their dispersion calls for better coordination in order to guarantee homogeneity, visibility and accessibility throughout the country.

Parenting campuses will offer each parent who wishes to do so the possibility of easy and free access, online or close to home, to a trusted support offer on all the digital parenting issues they encounter.

Development of digital skills for students starting in the fourth grade via the Pix platform

The High Council of Public Health (HCSP) had recommended to build a device so that children and teenagers can acquire a critical look and choose in full knowledge of the contents diffused by the used screens.

To help children make better use of networks and digital technology, awareness-raising will begin in CM1 and a digital skills certificate, equivalent to an Internet passport, will be issued in the 6th grade. The aim is to enable children in Cycle 3 to better understand and master the opportunities, but also the limits and dangers of digital technology. This system will be launched in 12 departments at the start of the 2022 school year. The objective is to generalize it from the following school year.

Better understand the digital uses of the French through the creation of an annual barometer  

In order to better understand the digital uses of French people between 15 and 75 years old, and to quantify those that may be problematic, the Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behavior (Mildeca) has designed an annual barometer on the use of screens.

This annual Mildeca barometer aims to:

  • to evaluate the general distribution of the digital habits of the French;
  • determine the frequency of uses considered potentially problematic;
  • quantify the risk behaviors associated with digital uses;
  • to identify the families of uses and the profiles most at risk, in order to set up adapted prevention strategies.

The extension of the jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr website

The website jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr provides parents, educators and teachers with a space dedicated to the use of screens by children.

It allows parents to find reliable answers to the questions they have about their children's exposure to screens, in the most accessible way possible:

  • benchmarks for screen use by age ;
  • tools to protect children and youth from overexposure to screens;
  • resources to learn about the issues and risks of overexposure of children and youth to screens (videos, brochures, digital applications, websites).

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An action plan "for a reasonable use of screens by young people and children

Following two opinions of the High Council of Public Health (HCSP), the Government launched on February 7, 2022 a action plan which aims to promote information, education and support for children, parents and professionals in order to learn to use screens as a medium, in appropriate times and places. This plan includes four actions.

Digital parenting workshops through a network of associations

Professionals working with children and families, who are often the first to be contacted by parents facing this new risk, are sometimes at a loss as to how to support them. Initiatives to support families and professionals do exist, but their dispersion calls for better coordination in order to guarantee homogeneity, visibility and accessibility throughout the country.

Parenting campuses will offer each parent who wishes to do so the possibility of easy and free access, online or close to home, to a trusted support offer on all the digital parenting issues they encounter.

Development of digital skills for students starting in the fourth grade via the Pix platform

The High Council of Public Health (HCSP) had recommended to build a device so that children and teenagers can acquire a critical look and choose in full knowledge of the contents diffused by the used screens.

To help children make better use of networks and digital technology, awareness-raising will begin in CM1 and a digital skills certificate, equivalent to an Internet passport, will be issued in the 6th grade. The aim is to enable children in Cycle 3 to better understand and master the opportunities, but also the limits and dangers of digital technology. This system will be launched in 12 departments at the start of the 2022 school year. The objective is to generalize it from the following school year.

Better understand the digital uses of the French through the creation of an annual barometer  

In order to better understand the digital uses of French people between 15 and 75 years old, and to quantify those that may be problematic, the Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behavior (Mildeca) has designed an annual barometer on the use of screens.

This annual Mildeca barometer aims to:

  • to evaluate the general distribution of the digital habits of the French;
  • determine the frequency of uses considered potentially problematic;
  • quantify the risk behaviors associated with digital uses;
  • to identify the families of uses and the profiles most at risk, in order to set up adapted prevention strategies.

The extension of the jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr website

The website jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr provides parents, educators and teachers with a space dedicated to the use of screens by children.

It allows parents to find reliable answers to the questions they have about their children's exposure to screens, in the most accessible way possible:

  • benchmarks for screen use by age ;
  • tools to protect children and youth from overexposure to screens;
  • resources to learn about the issues and risks of overexposure of children and youth to screens (videos, brochures, digital applications, websites).

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Labo Société Numérique

Labo République Française Agence nationale de cohésion des territoires
An action plan "for a reasonable use of screens by young people and children