You Know ? How smartphones harm children

Smartphones are very harmful to young children. Which is still unknown to us. We often give smart phones to our children for crying, mischief or eating. Which becomes an addiction for children. Later children do not want to eat unless given smart phones, and mischief increases. Many people do not know how much smartphones harm children.

Cause of addiction

Smartphone addiction is very harmful for children. Parents have a lot of responsibilities and duties to reduce their addiction. Not only the mental health, but also the body has a bad effect of mobile phones. This addiction among children and adolescents has increased dramatically during and after the prolonged covid situation. Internet, smartphones are now easily accessible to housebound children. There are various entertainments at the same time.

Games, various entertainment programs, cartoons etc. are available at one place. Through talking with friends, playing sports, reading books, etc., our imagination develops slowly. But while playing games and watching videos on the mobile phone, joy and enthusiasm are created in the child's mind quickly. As a result, imagination is diminishing.

A 2019 study that evaluated 41 studies published from 2011-2017 reported that 23% of children reported a negative impact on their mental health due to excessive smartphone use. What do you do after knowing this warning information? Then you should identify and solve the problems. Also focusing on enhancing the child's creativity.

Beware of the symptoms you see:

• Consider these points to understand smartphone addiction in children-
• Insomnia or sleep disturbances
• Getting angry or anxious when not allowed to use the phone
• Anger and aggressive nature
• Being alone and away from loved ones
•  Getting upset when you can't find your phone.

YouTube may be an option for children

If you are forced to give the gadget to the child for some time in the day, then turn on YouTube for the little ones. Here is the option to watch videos for a specific time. Videos will not be viewed beyond the specified time limit. It will also be easier to keep track of what the child saw.

1. Get the child used to being in front of the smart device for a certain time of the day. Keep young children away from smartphones outside of that time. Besides, what the child is doing or watching on the smartphone should also be monitored.
2.  If the child is taking classes online, then what he is doing with the internet connection should be monitored. Besides, the offending websites should be controlled from the smartphone. If necessary, the assistance of Internet providers can be taken.
3. You will not be reassured by handing over a smart device to a child. Play or watch videos together with the baby if necessary. Besides, you can watch various educational videos sitting with the child. If he is a little older, he will be more interested in watching these videos.
4.  If you're too addicted to technology, your child will naturally be too. So get rid of your own addiction first.

Many children are addicted to smartphones and they share various inappropriate videos or various bad videos in groups. After seeing these inappropriate videos, children fall into pornography. Once a child is addicted to pornography, it is impossible to turn them back.

Also children have to face many more problems from this smartphone All of us parents should be careful. So that our children do not use this smartphone and do not get addicted.

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