Some infants are being plonked in front of a screen for more than three hours per day, a damning study has warned. Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of nine-month-old babies watch programmes on a TV, smartphone or tablet on a daily basis. The average screen time reported in the study was 41 minutes, rising to 47 minutes for those in single-parent households. But some are exceeding three hours of screen time a day, the experts warned. While 80 per cent of babies with no screen time go on trips outside every day, this falls to 60 per cent for babies with over three hours of daily screen time.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2026 00:09 UTC