Today\’s children seem to be born to play with mobile phones and Pads. While we lament their children\’s strong abilities, we also have a lot of worries: Jiayi\’s mother: \”My baby is only 5 years old, but he really likes playing iPad and mobile games, and he plays a lot.\” He slipped away and played an escape game. His little hands drew on the screen quickly and accurately, scoring higher than his father. I was very worried that the baby would become addicted to video games, which would affect his vision and body. I would not let him play, and the child would scream again. It’s making trouble again. What should I do?” Why are babies obsessed with video games? Of course it’s fun! Whether it is a mobile phone, a Pad, or a computer, there are endless fun things. There are countless games or cartoons. Children can easily find their favorite content and gain happiness from it. There is not enough parental presence. Many parents are usually busy with work and do not spend much time with their children, and they are not attentive enough. Usually at home, electronic products become the \”nanny\” and the child\’s only happy playmate. Do you not let the child play and let him stare at the toys that he is tired of playing with? Parents also love to play. After long hours of high-intensity work and a little leisure time, many parents want to play games at home to relax. Mom may be checking Moments to catch up on Korean dramas. When the children see this, they will feel that playing with electronic products is a natural thing. What are the downsides of being obsessed with electronics? Affects vision development. Babies need to be very focused when watching cartoons and playing games. In order to pursue effects, cartoons or games often have too bright colors, change screens too quickly, or even deliberately perform stunts such as shaking and flickering, which can easily make children confused. Overuse of eyes. Data show that if a child plays with an iPad continuously for more than 20 minutes, his or her vision will decrease significantly, the tear film rupture time will become 5 seconds (normal value is 15 to 45 seconds, less than 10 seconds is pathological), and the average blink time is 4.67 times per minute. In infants and young children, their eyes are still in the development stage. Excessive playing with electronic products has caused many children to wear glasses early. Affects physical development When children play with mobile phones, tablets and other electronic products, they often maintain one posture and sit there stiffly, with only their two small hands constantly drawing up and down. This is very detrimental to the growing baby. If you don\’t exercise enough and your body doesn\’t get corresponding exercise, your basic quality will deteriorate. Often hiding at home playing with electronic products, having little outdoor activities, and not getting enough sunlight may also cause calcium deficiency. In addition, some electronic products also have the problem of excessive radiation, which is even worse for children\’s health. Affects language communication. If a child holds electronic products all day long, the communication with parents and friends will naturally be reduced. There will be fewer opportunities to contact people and things outside the world, and his language function will not be fully exercised. . This will cause the child to have difficulty communicating with friends or teachers, and the child will not be able to express his ideas promptly and accurately. In this way, the child will become more closed and unwilling to communicate. Research on the impact on mental health shows that babies who like to play with electronic products are very detrimental to their growth and success. The children are only immersed in their own little world. They are very excited when talking about games, but they are in a daze when talking about other things. They don\’t want to understand the real world outside. If their parents do not allow them to play, they will still yell and cry, and are very dependent on electronic products. How to get children to use it correctlyUse electronic products? It is neither possible nor necessary to prevent children from being exposed to electronic products. The key is how parents can guide their children to use electronic products correctly. In the final analysis, electronic products are \”dead\” and people are \”alive\”. If parents can set reasonable time and content for their children, guide their children to use electronic products correctly, and maximize their positive effects, electronic products will become good helpers for children\’s learning and pistachios for entertainment. Carry out strict time management. How much time is appropriate for children to play with electronic products each time? Expert research has found that if the game is limited to 20 minutes at a time and played twice a day, there will be almost no adverse effects on the child\’s vision and intellectual development. The first early childhood education program \”Sesame Street\” has a duration of less than 20 minutes per episode. The current popular preschool program \”Qiaohu\” also has a duration of about 20 minutes per episode, and children can watch it twice a day. So, how long is too much? Research shows that for preschool children, more than 1 hour a day is too long, which will have obvious adverse effects on vision and physical development. Since 20 minutes is a very short period of time, parents should take the trouble to choose high-quality programs for their babies to maximize the effectiveness of this extremely precious time. Help your children find more meaningful things. The most effective way to prevent children from being obsessed with electronic screens is not to hide them, but to replace them with something more fun and meaningful. Whether it is sports, singing and dancing, reading, telling stories, model airplanes, painting, or playing musical instruments, they are all good choices. As long as you can guide children to experience the fun of more different activities, then children will not focus entirely on video games. The whole family acts in unison to manage the time of children\’s electronic products. In fact, it is time management for the whole family. If both parents are surfing the Internet on their mobile phones or watching TV with a Pad, but they ask their baby not to watch or play, is it possible? Even if the child is really sensible and is reading or drawing, he will be disturbed and the child\’s concentration cannot be effectively cultivated. If he studies in such an environment for a long time, he will be half-hearted when he grows up and it will be difficult to achieve results. Therefore, to control the time children spend playing electronic products, the whole family must act in concert. Parents should put down their remote controls and mobile phones and accompany their children to do outdoor sports. At home, they can read, draw, tell stories, play games, etc. They cannot just ask their children not to play with electronic products.
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