If you don’t want mobile phones to ruin your children, you must do these 4 things

They say if you want to ruin a child, give him a cell phone. It can be seen that the adverse effects of mobile phones on children are shocking. Youma has read a lot of articles about the harmful effects of mobile phones, which can be basically summarized into the following four categories: Impact on children’s height. Many mothers complain that their children’s sleep time is delayed because of playing with mobile phones at night. Originally it was stipulated to go to bed at 9 o\’clock, but it would often be delayed until after 10 o\’clock. We all know that growth hormone is mainly secreted at night, and the more it is secreted, the more it helps growth. The two periods of maximum growth hormone secretion are 21:00-1:00 and 5:00-7:00. However, growth hormone does not start to be secreted in large amounts on time as soon as 9 o\’clock in the evening. Its large amount of secretion must have a prerequisite: it can only occur during deep sleep. People generally enter deep sleep half an hour to an hour after falling asleep. Therefore, if the child has not gone to bed yet at 9 o\’clock, or has gone to bed but is still playing with his mobile phone, the secretion of growth hormone will be greatly reduced, thus affecting the height. The development of children\’s eyeballs has its own natural rules: 0 to 6 years old is the development period, 6 to 9 years old is the visual shaping period, and 9 to 12 years old is the stable period. In other words, before the age of 12, the child\’s vision is in a period of continuous development and improvement, the vision status is in an unstable period, and the eye adjustment function is very fragile. The mobile phone screen is constantly changing from bright to dark, and children\’s eyeballs are constantly watching and adjusting for a long time, which can easily cause muscle fatigue and lead to myopia. Staring at the screen for a long time is also harmful to the tear film and can easily lead to dry eyes. Moreover, many children involuntarily tilt their heads while playing with mobile phones, causing strabismus. Affecting children\’s social abilities A friend of your mother, Luo Jing, a postdoctoral fellow in child development psychology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that many of children\’s abilities and personalities can only be learned through interactions with real people. For example, how to communicate better with others, how to control one\’s emotions in conflicts, how to recognize the emotions of others, etc. First of all, if children face the virtual world created by mobile phones for a long time, they will easily form a one-way thinking mode. They are unable to express gestures, expressions and output language well during face-to-face communication. Secondly, if a child’s mobile phone takes up most of their time, they will be more likely to become dependent on it. When faced with real social interactions, they will lose their interest and enthusiasm, which will lead to the weakening of interpersonal interactions, the degradation of language expression and social skills, and some children may even be unwilling to interact with real people. We all know that there is too much vulgar, violent and pornographic culture on the Internet and mobile media. Children\’s outlook on life is immature and their concepts of right and wrong are unclear. Coupled with their curiosity and poor self-control, they are easily trapped in these dregs of culture. There was a report in the news about a 10-year-old girl who, because she owned a mobile phone, knew everything about sex and was extremely obsessed with celebrities. She was full of pornographic jokes and swear words. Apart from eating and sleeping, she spent all the time chasing celebrities, and her academic performance was a mess. . To sum up, what I want to tell parents is that when it comes to children playing with mobile phones,Don\’t let this happen again. But this does not mean that children should completely stop playing with mobile phones. This is neither wise nor something we can do. After all, this is an information age, and electronic products will eventually become a part of their lives. It is impossible to ask children not to play with mobile phones at all. Moreover, if children cannot use these basic carriers of information, they will become further and further away from this era. Mobile phones are not a scourge, and blockage alone cannot stop them. If it is blocked, it will collapse; if it is dredged, it will be unblocked. Therefore, it is better to set some reasonable rules for children and guide them to use mobile phones and other electronic products correctly. (1) Limit the time. The American Scientific Children\’s Association has given three suggestions on the time when children use mobile phones and other electronic devices: Babies under 1 and a half years old should be prohibited from using any electronic devices, except for video calls with family members. Children aged 2-5 should not use electronic devices for more than 1 hour a day. School-age children and teenagers aged 6 and above should spend about 2 hours of screen time a day. The time mentioned above is not one time, but completed in stages. Data shows that if a child plays with a mobile phone continuously for 20 minutes, his or her visual acuity drops to an average of 43.8 degrees of myopia, and the average tear film rupture time is 5.3 seconds; if a child plays with a tablet for 20 minutes, his or her visual acuity drops to an average of 41.7 degrees of myopia, and the average tear film rupture time is 5.3 seconds. 5 seconds. Therefore, the time a child spends playing with a mobile phone should be limited to 10 to 20 minutes each time, after which the child should put down the mobile phone and rest his or her eyes. At this point, parents must stand firm and not waver or compromise. (2) Do not play with mobile phones before going to bed. Playing with mobile phones at night will not only affect the secretion of growth hormone, but also inhibit the secretion of melatonin, which can help people sleep. If children play with mobile phones before going to bed, the light emitted by the electronic screen will inhibit the secretion of melatonin, and the sleep time will be shortened. Secondly, when playing with mobile phones in bed, children will lie left and right in order to adjust to a comfortable posture. This will cause vision deviation in the left and right eyes for a long time. Therefore, it is best to ask your children to put down their mobile phones an hour before going to bed and prepare to sleep. (3) Choose alternatives When children ask to play with electronic devices such as mobile phones, parents can provide other options as alternatives. For example, you can accompany your children to play board games, play ball, read books, graffiti, etc. These are all recommended practices. If you take your children to play well and happily, and let them get satisfaction and happiness from it, then mobile phones will be dispensable for them. (4) Parents should set an example. It is said that children are mirrors of their parents, and their parents’ words and deeds can be reflected through their children. Many children are addicted to mobile phones, and the bigger reason is that their parents have not set a good example. Nowadays, many parents born in the 80s and 90s are mobile phone users. They play on their mobile phones on the road, during meals, in the toilet and before going to bed. Under such circumstances, children will also follow suit and treat mobile phones as treasures. The ancients said: \”Don\’t do to others what you don\’t want others to do to you.\” If you can\’t put down your mobile phone, what can you ask of your children? Therefore, if you want to restrict children from using mobile phones, parents must take the lead and set a good example.