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Mandatory limit for screen time for children under 10.

Submitted on Wednesday 11th June 2025

Rejected on Friday 11th July 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Mandatory limit for screen time for children under 10.

Petition Details

To bring in a mandatory screen time limit for all children under the age of 10.

Additional Information

Screens are harmful to our children, we have an epidemic of children who have no attention span, speech and language delays and are addicted to screens. Children should not require a screen for the in between or waiting for everyday things. That downtime, while easier for parents to just throw a screen in front of their kid, is actually a crucial life skill for children to learn.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

You have explained that you are concerned about screen time for children under 10, but we are not sure who you would like to be under a legal obligation to limit screen time, or how else you would like this to be enforced.

You could start a new petition setting this out.

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