Healthy routines
Some healthy routines:
- going to bed around the same time each night, waking up in time to get ready for school
- limiting screen time to the recommended daily amounts (see advice)
- eating a healthy diet and trying new foods
- brushing their teeth with fluoride toothpaste twice a day (you’ll need to supervise this until they are at least 7)
Online information and guidance
Screen time
Understand what 'healthy' levels of screen time are, by age:
World Health Organization guidance
Health Professionals for Safer Screens poster [PDF, 620KB]
Internet safety
Get insights on internet safety, how screen use impacts young children and recommended screen time:
Help for early years providers: Internet safety
Food
Help children build a strong relationship with food and make the right choices from the start:
Nutrition guidance - Department for Education
Healthier families - NHS
Five tips for helping your kids to eat healthily all year round - BBC
Brushing teeth
Toothbrushing SOS with the singing dentist
Sleep guidance
Sleep and young children - NHS
Struggling to get children to sleep: How to establish a bedtime routine - BBC