Use your iPad to transfer your child's attention? Don't let the electronic screen kill your child's creativity!

Although parents know that it is best not to let children play tablets and smartphones for a long time, considering that they are really useful in the company, many people will close their eyes. Momie's columnist Katie Hurley explains in detail the pediatric research and tells you how these electronic screens hurt your child's emotional intelligence, intelligence and creativity. Now, do you still want to let it go?

This article is compiled, with some abridgements.

Using a tablet to divert your child’s attention seems to have become a means of parenting around the world.

I remember, once I took the child to the plane, the mother sitting in the back row actually recommended me to let the children play the cake room game on the iPhone: add ingredients, stir, put in the oven, decorate, and finally “eat” what they did. cake.

She thinks this is a way to divert attention. But I think this is a trap. Diverting attention is sometimes necessary. For example, during long-distance flights, you may experience pain caused by changes in ear pressure, and numerous airflow bumps, but this does not mean that you need to divert attention at all times. For example, waiting for a doctor at a pediatric clinic, waiting at the station, is accompanied by boredom, but not every time waiting, every time boring, or every time the child is tempered, you plug the iPad to the child to appease them.

According to the latest Nielsen survey, 70% of families with tablets use the device for children under the age of 12. Of these children, 77% use a tablet to play downloaded online games, and only 57% of children use it to learn. Forty-one percent of children will play with a tablet at a restaurant or at an event, and only 15% will use it to communicate with friends and family.

Week after week, I saw children watching iPad or iPhone while they were praying. This is really sad?? If we can't get our children to participate in an hour-long community event, how can we teach them to adjust their emotions during their growth?

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine warned that the use of tablets by young children may affect their social interaction and emotional development. In a study published in Pediatrics, researchers worry that high-tech products may hinder children from developing compassion and are not conducive to their ability to solve problems.

You may categorize this latest research into the category of “everything is done.” Before you do this, ask yourself; do you give your child a chart and record how much time they spend on the tablet or each time? On a handheld device? Have you recorded the frequency of your child's handing over to high-tech products? You will find this time is amazing. Staring at the screen, you can easily forget the passage of time.

Still not convinced? Let's take a look at the reasons to stop using the screen to divert attention!

1. You can't teach you to sympathize with others by looking at the screen.

Children learn how to interact with others through interactions. Parents, brothers and sisters teach sympathy to others, care for others, and treat others' experiences. Children learn these things by playing with friends and family, and there are no apps in the online store that can be used as a substitute.

2. The shortcomings of instant gratification

When you are bored, throwing him a fun video game is not a way to teach your child patience. Children are experts in finding fun. Rest assured, bring a new toy today and get a cardboard box every day. I believe you will find that children will think that the box is more fun.

Life is not always fun, but we can create fun to pass the time. This is an important lesson for young children. Instant gratification is a vicious circle. If left unchecked, it will only make your child's temper more violent and more likely to fall into setbacks.

Spending too much time on electronics can cause headaches, fatigue, visual fatigue, and possibly symptoms of anxiety and depression. Is this what we want to give to children?

3. Social skills require social interaction

It’s no secret that young children are often in a “parallel game” mode, but they learn from each other by playing side by side. Have you observed them carefully? They secretly watched what others were playing, exchanged toys and tools, and enjoyed it. Sometimes, they regret this exchange and cry.

This has laid the seeds for children to grow and master high-level social skills. They need to interact with others to develop social skills.

4. Free play is the best teaching tool

Playing under the game equipment that says "just play", no one will fall. I don't believe it, I have heard countless such views. There is no freedom to set rules for the game, define the structure, and determine if you win or lose.

Free play is the best way for children to learn. Through the game, children learn to connect with others, solve problems, and respond to disappointment. They can also improve their language skills and learn to recognize and master math skills.

5. The tablet brain really makes people lose their minds.

You know the feeling of collapse, staring at the TV screen for too long, so that your mind can't turn around. Your child will do the same. The problem is that they don't know how to adjust themselves, so they keep playing and keep playing until they start screaming, start crying, and get angry.

Spending too much time on electronics can cause headaches, fatigue, visual fatigue, and possibly symptoms of anxiety and depression. Is this what we want to give to children?

For the children, say no to the tablet, let the book return, free play and hug time, let the child live a healthier, happier childhood.