Children's right to digital disconnection as a strategy to strengthen mental health
October 28 – 5:00 pm
📅 October 28th, 2026 | Virtual modality
🕔 5:00 PM (Brasilia) / 2:00 PM (Mexico City)
The webinar will address children's right to digital disconnection and its relationship to mental health, development, and learning. Based on documentary research using specialized literature and other sources, the effects of early screen and social media use will be discussed, including potential impacts on sleep, language, self-esteem, and emotional well-being. The importance of promoting safer digital environments and ensuring the best interests of children and adolescents in family and educational settings will also be considered.
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Dr. Aida del Carmen San Vicente Parada – Incarnate Word University [Mexico]
coordinate
Dr. Rita Potyguara — FLACSO Brazil.
Dr. Geydis Fundora Nevot — FLACSO Cuba.
Organized by
CLACSO Working Group on Intersectionalities, Politics and Democracy
FLACSO Brazil
FLACSO Cuba
FLACSO Argentina
Participation with prior registration: https://forms.gle/CVWKVcJT9mPTrz1e8
