Healthy Screens PH

23/08/2026

We echo the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) position that preparedness must never compromise children’s psychological safety.

At Healthy Screens PH, this aligns with our work at the intersection of child mental health and modern exposures, including not only school-based drills but also digital environments where cyberviolence, online aggression, and distressing content shape similar stress responses in children.

Shared principle: safety must always include psychological safety—offline and online.

26/06/2026

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐇 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

As advocates for healthy digital environments, we recognize that children and adolescents deserve online spaces that are safe, developmentally appropriate, and designed with their well-being in mind.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆-𝗯𝘆-𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Keeping children safe online is a shared responsibility among families, schools, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and technology companies.

This position statement is 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 by the Philippine Pediatric Society. Healthy Screens PH shares and supports this document in the spirit of advancing child digital health advocacy and promoting safer online environments for all Filipino children.

04/05/2026

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗛 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗵, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗠𝗛𝗜𝗡) 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗯.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢.

𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟩 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

04/05/2026

𝗗𝗿. 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗛 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗪𝗪𝗪 𝟳𝟳𝟰’𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘇 𝗧𝗮𝗻.

In this episode, the discussion focused on social media addiction, the ongoing conversation around proposed social media restrictions or bans for children, and practical guidance for parents navigating screen use at home.

Watch the reel here:
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27/04/2026

Sharing this short clip from the recent regional discussion on Digital Use and Youth Mental Health (Hosted by the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region), where Dr. Paul Lawrence Filomeno of Healthy Screens PH offered a reaction from the Philippine perspective on Problematic Media Use (PMU).

27/04/2026

ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴꜱ ᴘʜ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜɪʟɪᴘᴘɪɴᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ ᴜꜱᴇ (ᴘᴍᴜ) ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ ᴜꜱᴇ.

ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴅʀ. Paul Lawrence Filomeno, ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴꜱ ᴘʜ, ꜱʜᴀʀᴇᴅ ɪɴꜱɪɢʜᴛꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜɪʟɪᴘᴘɪɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇxᴛ—ʜɪɢʜʟɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴡ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴ ᴜꜱᴇ, ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ, ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ, ᴄʏʙᴇʀꜱᴀꜰᴇᴛʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ/ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜱᴇᴄᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴅᴏʟᴇꜱᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ.

ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twrPfzsUONk

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