Screens have found their way into families and are now an integral part of everyday life. Even under the age of two, babies in Quebec are using screens every day. Toddlers from low-income households use screens more frequently, according to a report by the Quebec statistics institute (ISQ) published on Thursday.
On weekdays, a quarter of babies aged around a year and a half spend an average of an hour or more a day in front of a screen, and this rate rises by 35 per cent at weekends. This proportion is higher among children living in low-income households than others, both on weekdays (42) and at weekends (47).
Children who live with an older child are also more likely than others to spend at least one hour a day in front of screens.
On the weekend, 37 per cent of toddlers living with an older child are in front …