{"id":5571,"date":"2015-01-28T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5571"},"modified":"2015-02-04T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:07:58","slug":"does-your-toddler-play-on-an-ipad-taiwan-makes-it-illegal-for-parents-to-let-children-under-two-use-electronic-gadgets-and-under-18s-must-limit-use-to-reasonable-lengths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5571","title":{"rendered":"Does YOUR toddler play on an iPad? Taiwan makes it ILLEGAL for parents to let children under two use electronic gadgets&#8230; and under-18s must limit use to &#8216;reasonable&#8217; lengths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Children under two banned from using <\/b><b>electronic d<\/b><b>evices in Taiwan<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Parents who allow children to use iPads and smartphones face fines<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Under-18s are only allowed devices for a &#8216;reasonable length of time&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Sara+Malm+for+MailOnline\">SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>PUBLISHED:<\/b> 09:13 GMT, 28 January 2015 | <b>UPDATED:<\/b> 07:45 GMT, 29 January 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan has banned children under the age of two from using electronic devices such as iPads, televisions and smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>Parents who allow their young children to play with their gadgets face fines of up to \u00a31,000, in line with a law passed last week.<\/p>\n<p>The new law also states that parents must ensure that under-18s only use electronic products for a &#8216;reasonable&#8217; length of time.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No more iNanny: Parents in Taiwan are now completely banned from allowing their under-twos to use any electronic devices, such as tablets, smartphones or TVs or they risk a \u00a31,000 fine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese lawmakers passed the new legislation last Friday, completely banning parents from allowing their under-twos to use any electronic devices, China&#8217;s official news agency Xinhua reports.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Taiwanese under-18s are not allowed to &#8216;constantly use electronic products for a period of time that is not reasonable&#8217;, although the &#8216;reasonable length of time&#8217; has not been defined.<\/p>\n<p>The new law means that iPads, smartphones and televisions are now listed alongside cigarettes and alcohol as restricted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new law was originally proposed by Taiwanese MP Lu Shiow-yen, who said his intention was to protect young people by stopping them using electronic devices for more than 30 minutes at a time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/taiwan\/11373521\/Taiwan-orders-parents-to-limit-childrens-time-with-electronic-games.html\"><b>The Telegraph<\/b><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Research published in December last year found that 7.1 per cent of the population in Asia is addicted to the internet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Screens off: \u00a0Taiwanese under-18s are no longer allowed to &#8216;constantly use electronic products for a period of time that is not reasonable&#8217; under new legislation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In neighbouring China, online addiction among young people has become a serious problem, with an estimated 24million children considered &#8216;web junkies&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>As well as introducing laws requiring games companies &#8216;to develop techniques that would limit the gaming time of minors&#8217;, more than 250 military style boot camps have been set up across China to tackle under-18 internet addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Since the release of the first iPad in 2010, an ever increasing number of parents use the Apple device to &#8216;babysit&#8217; their children.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll found that half of British parents routinely allow infants to play with their smartphone or tablet, and one in seven let them spend more than four hours a day on hand-held devices.<\/p>\n<p>Even Prince William recently admitted to letting Prince George play games on his iPad, saying that he believes it is &#8216;a good way to each him the inner workings of electronics&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Research published in the British Medical Journal found that a child born today will have spent a full year staring at screens (tablets, computers, TVs) by the time they reach seven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2929530\/Does-toddler-play-iPad-Taiwan-makes-ILLEGAL-parents-let-children-two-use-electronic-gadgets-18s-limit-use-reasonable-lengths.html#ixzz3QodsxRba\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2929530\/Does-toddler-play-iPad-Taiwan-makes-ILLEGAL-parents-let-children-two-use-electronic-gadgets-18s-limit-use-reasonable-lengths.html#ixzz3QodsxRba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Children under two banned from using electronic devices in Taiwan Parents who allow children to use iPads and smartphones face fines Under-18s are only allowed devices for a &#8216;reasonable length of time&#8217; 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