{"id":59331,"date":"2022-04-07T06:06:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T04:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/time-away-from-screens-vital-20220405-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:09:18","slug":"time-away-from-screens-vital-20220405-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/time-away-from-screens-vital-20220405-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Time away from screens vital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Children are spending an excessive amount of time staring at screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to a report by Healthy Active Kids South Africa in 2018. The report notes that South African children spend more than three hours a day on a screen. This excludes time spent doing research for school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While screen time offers a break and a distraction, excessive screen time for children leads to unhealthy habits. 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