Parents, Young Children and Digital Media symposium

Name: Parents, Young Children and Digital Media symposium
Start: 2025-02-20T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-02-20T09:00:00+08:00
Location: Mount Lawley 10.131, Edith Cowan University

About

A symposium exploring parents’ and young children’s experiences of digital media and screentime in the home and learning environments. Parents, educators and policymakers are understandably anxious about very young children’s screen time, they’ve heard the recommendations about no screen time under two. Some experts seem to think that screen time can shorten attention span, slow down children’s language development, impact sleep quality, reduce sociability and lead ultimately to obesity – among other risks. And no one seems to talk about benefits! We’ve spent the past 10 years talking to families about their very young children’s screen time use and what they see as the advantages and disadvantages: and there are some of both: it’s complicated. But there are many positives to share that balance the scare stories and the dire warnings — not to mention what Bluey says about digital media use by young children — come along!

Edith Cowan University and Curtin University nodes of the Australian Research Council funded Centre for Excellence for the Digital Child are hosting a special, free, one-day seminar, featuring national and international speakers and Q&A opportunities.

Booking Details:

In-person attendance:
Thursday 20 Feb 2025, 9:20am to 3:00pm (arrive at 9:00am for refreshments)
Room ML10.131, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley campus,
2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050

Online attendance:
When registering, please select 'online attendance' and you will be emailed with an MS Teams link closer to the date.
Thursday 20 Feb 2025, 9:20am to 3:00pm (UTC+08)

We wish to acknowledge the Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the lands on which this symposium takes place and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.