in southwest England, a 4-year-old girl was found all day long hand can not leave the iPad. British “Daily Mail” 22 quoted a local doctor to see a doctor for the girl Grantham saying the girl’s “science and technology addiction symptoms, in fact, there is no difference and alcohol or drug addiction, forbade her to play iPad, she appeared excitement, insomnia, tearing, runny nose and other withdrawal symptoms. Today, the little girl has begun psychotherapy, parents need to pay £ 16,000 to help children to addiction. Dr. Grantham founded Britain’s first ring technology addiction psychotherapy course, he said that now own more and more patients. Just in the past three years, “technology addiction” school-age children increased by 30%.
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the a British children’s recent survey shows that 50% of parents surveyed admit that they buy for their children cell phones or other electronic products. 81% of parents surveyed admitted that too much time their children spend on these products. British children’s experts have warned that if this trend continue to spread, will result in the growth of young children with real social dislocation, affecting the sound development of the mind.
In China, the iPad tablet computers, smart phones and other electronic products children like to play more and more. According to media reports, Wuhan, a 2-year-old boy turned 500 degrees of myopia, because he came into contact with the iPad from the age of 1 and a half. A survey shows that 82% of parents said that children 3 years or earlier, when you came into contact with the iPad. Some parents want to use the iPad early childhood, some parents feel it is to coax the child “artifact”, let the parents worry a lot.
However, the Sixth Hospital of Peking University Children’s Research Professor Wang Yufeng reminded, electronic products can play a good early childhood effect, there is not enough evidence to assess addicted, the impact of child physical and mental health can not be ignored. UK survey found that a long time “home” at home playing computer games kids, social skills often rapid landslides, always deadpan, absent-minded, do not love to communicate with people. Accustomed to rely on the computer to check the information, do the math, the child’s mental and fewer and fewer opportunities, imagination, memory and thinking ability may be affected. Long sedentary, not only easily lead to slow growth the equipoise and coordination of the body will deteriorate, likely to cause sensory integration dysfunction, further affecting the development of the brain. In addition, the strong stimulation of the electronic screen, directly caused by op tic nerve fatigue, leading to vision loss and other adverse consequences. Today, after the computer leisure time every summer and winter vacation, the children’s eye clinic waiting in a long queue.
the children fell in love with the iPad, reflection should be parents. First of all, the virtual game is not a substitute for real life. The child is a budding flower, bathed in sunshine under a blue sky, to the release of the most brilliant vitality. Parents should spend more time with children, in real life with children and small partners play, tap the passion for life, develop social skills. Second, children under the age of 3 is best not to touch electronic products, under the age of 7 should try to avoid contact. You can tell the child mobile phone, iPad and other life tools to reduce their curiosity. If the child is particularly fond of play every time you want to control in less than half an hour, less than one hour a day, some entertaining puzzle game, instead of the screen bloody fierce battle game. Finally, for the “love” to play the iPad the children, the parents do not forcibly take away the iPad or scolding a child, and spend more time with their children chat, communication, children addicted to the game to get a clear idea of ??the true thoughts and underlying causes , and then together to discuss solutions to gradually reduce the time to play every day, replace the iPad with the care of parents.
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