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WHO Early Years Guidelines

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by World Health Organization

World Health Organization guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and screen time for under-5s.

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About this standard

What WHO Early Years Guidelines asks for.

The WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep for Children Under 5 provide evidence-based limits on screen exposure for the youngest children. They recommend zero sedentary screen time for infants under 1, no more than 1 hour for ages 2–4, and emphasize active play and quality sleep. Families using Phosra can enforce these international health standards as hard device limits during a child's earliest years.

Adopt this standard

Add this standard to your child's profile. Phosra will automatically enforce all rules across every connected platform.

How Phosra enforces it

WHO Early Years Guidelines, mapped to the Phosra API.

Enforce WHO Early Years Guidelines rules individually or adopt the entire standard in one call. Each rule decomposes into the OCSS rule vocabulary a conformant router carries across every surface.

WHO Early Years Guidelines

Adopt entire standard

Enforce all 4 rules from WHO Early Years Guidelines across every connected platform with a single API call.

POST /v1/enforcement/standards
bash
curl -X POST https://api.phosra.com/v1/enforcement/standards \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "child_id": "ch_emma_01",
    "standard_id": "who-screen-time-guidelines",
    "enforce_all_rules": true
  }'

Screen time limits

Daily Screen Time Limit

time_daily_limit

Caps total daily screen time across all connected platforms.

POST /v1/rules — Screen time limits
bash
curl -X POST https://api.phosra.com/v1/rules \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "child_id": "ch_emma_01",
      "rule_category": "time_daily_limit",
      "value": "0 min (<1yr), 60 min (2–4yr)",
      "platforms": [
          "*"
      ]
  }'

Content quality

Content Rating Filter

content_rating

Enforces age-appropriate content ratings across apps and media.

POST /v1/rules — Content quality
bash
curl -X POST https://api.phosra.com/v1/rules \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "child_id": "ch_emma_01",
      "rule_category": "content_rating",
      "value": "Educational only",
      "platforms": [
          "*"
      ]
  }'

Allowlist mode

Content Allowlist Mode

content_allowlist_mode

Enforces the content allowlist mode rule via the Phosra API.

POST /v1/rules — Allowlist mode
bash
curl -X POST https://api.phosra.com/v1/rules \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "child_id": "ch_emma_01",
      "rule_category": "content_allowlist_mode",
      "value": "Pre-approved apps only",
      "platforms": [
          "*"
      ]
  }'

Active play priority

Time Downtime

time_downtime

Enforces the time downtime rule via the Phosra API.

POST /v1/rules — Active play priority
bash
curl -X POST https://api.phosra.com/v1/rules \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "child_id": "ch_emma_01",
      "rule_category": "time_downtime",
      "value": "180 min physical activity",
      "platforms": [
          "*"
      ]
  }'
Included rules · 4

Every rule this standard turns on.

When adopted, these rules are automatically enforced across all connected platforms.

Screen time limits

0 min (<1yr), 60 min (2–4yr)

Content quality

Educational only

Allowlist mode

Pre-approved apps only

Active play priority

180 min physical activity

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