Activities based on screens should be banned for children under 6 years, because they “permanently influence their health and spiritual abilities”, they supported five scientific associations in the France In a statement published today.

This “call for collective awareness” is aimed at “new parents, teachers, teachers and educators, carers, decision -making politicians” and is signed and published online by the French Pediatrics and Pediatrics and Public Health Society and Pediatric Health Society.

The essential message of the health authorities-“No screen before the age of three”-is “clearly inadequate and must be updated in the light of recent elements” and become: “No screens before the age of six”, the associations warn.

“In 2025, there is no longer any doubt and there are numerous international scientific publications to remind us: neither the technology of the screens nor their content, including those who are supposed to be ‘educational’, are suitable for a small, growing brain.”

“Screens, whatever their form – TV, tablet, telephone – do not meet the needs of children” and, “worse, prevent and alter the growth of their brain,” the scientific associations warn.

Health professionals and kindergarten teachers and first grade of elementary school “have noticed the damage caused by regular exposure to screens before entering elementary school: linguistic delays, attention and memory problems, kinetic stimulation,” the text continues.

“While all socio -educational environments are affected, the report is higher in disadvantaged households, contributing to the increase in social inequalities,” it notes.

As noted, the child’s neurological development results from “many and varied observations and interactions with the environment” for which “the first six years of life are fundamental”.

“It is not a demonization of digital tools and their use, but there is an age for everything,” these health experts emphasize, who are particularly calling for parents to “create an environment favorable to the health and development of the child”, encouraging “alternative activities: reading, free play, playgrounds”