Expert eye on screen-time lesson void, parents often use mobile phones as distractions for kids

Children aged five and above are being taught about traffic signals and how to cross the road.

However, they are not being taught about the harmful effects of excessive mobile phone use, said Swati Popat Vats, head of an association focused on early childhood issues.

Vats, during a session with principals and teachers of pre-primary schools in Calcutta on Saturday, pointed out pertinent things children should be taught in classrooms.