Haro on the “screens”. With the launch of its “P@rents, let’s talk digital” label, the government wants to better support the use of digital technology by children and teenagers.
Is there a problem with children’s screen exposure? According to Secretary of State for Digital Marina Ferrari and Minister Delegate for Children, Sarah El Haïry, the answer is yes. To better support parents in the face of this “huge stake“, the government therefore launched a program nicknamed “P@rents, let’s talk digital”, supposed to help the most deprived fathers and mothers to cope with “new uses of digital“.
Better regulation and better understanding
The first pillar of this program will consist of labeling digital parenting assistance programs at the state level. In an interview with Le Parisien, Sarah El Haïry explains that many “so-called parenting experts» make their money on social networks by charging prices “extremely expensive“. This label therefore responds to a need for “better regulate the sector“. The idea is to make this stamp a guarantee of quality for parents looking for resources on the subject.
A directory listing “throughout the territory all initiatives promoting reasoned and protected use of digital tools among children» will also be put in place to allow those concerned to exchange, within the framework of local workshops, with other parents as well as with experts on the subject. The initiative is piloted in partnership with the National Union of Family Associations (Unaf), an association for the defense of family policies which explains that it wants “relay consistent and positive messages» and allow parents to “regain their confidence in their parental role“.
A booklet to fight against cyberbullying
The Jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr site will also be updated in order to centralize all the tools and resources necessary to help parents supervise their children’s screen use. Interested families will be able to find some of the actions detailed in the 2021 interministerial action plan aimed at promoting “reasoned use of screens by children and young people“.
Finally, a booklet entitled “No to cyberbullying» will be attached to several children’s magazines and will aim to educate children to react to cyberbullying and its risks. An initiative supported by the Bayard group and by major French ISPs, as well as Google.
Source : The Parisian
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