Screen time is the number of hours one spends
looking at or using a screen.
Do you remember your childhood, how our generation
used to play so many amazing outdoor games like hide n seek etc. Screen time
was almost zero and children were more active.
Now look at any kid near you or in your home, how
are they spending their childhood? Are they involved in any kind of physical
activity or sports? What is their screen time?
There are evidences that prove that children who
have more screen time tend to have attention defecits. Too much screen time
affects sleep also as the melatonin, responsible for inducing sleep, secretion
is inhibited due to blue light of screens. Lack of sleep leads to poor
cognitive abilities and behaviour of children.
Children younger than 18 months must spend zero
screen time.
HOW TO LIMIT SCREEN TIME
1. Screen free time: Assign
screen free hours in your home when no one in the house should use any kind of
screen. You can choose these hours as per your wish, try to make it at meal
time.
2. Reduce your screen time:
Children learn what they see and parents being the first teachers must be an
ideal figure. You simply can't ask your children to keep their devices away
when you yourself are using one.
3. Co-watch: There
is so many things available on the internet, it should be the parents who
decide and make sure children are watching what is beneficial for them.
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