According to a study presented by the psychologist Alic Sigman in a Conference of Pediatrics and Child Health in Glasgow, British children between 12 and 15 years, spend an average of six hours a day in front of a screen in their homes, the study has not reflected the exposure to computers and mobiles during the school day.
Sigman, he took advantage of the conference to launch a campaign against what he has called, passive parenthood. Among his advice for parents, he recommends taking television and game consoles out of the bedrooms, so that children do not watch a television or computer screen until they are three years old, do not use the iPad or Blackberry in front of children and set a maximum tempo of use of them for an hour and a half a day until the children turn seven and from this age establish a maximum of two hours a day.
This psychologist wants to make it clear that technology must be a tool, not a weight for families, nor a health risk as it says that there is a direct link between technological sedentary lifestyle and the increase in childhood obesity, diabetes, attention deficit, cognitive problems and sleep disturbance the children.
Sigman he thinks that the big culprits are the parents, in the homes with more resources, that use technology as a babysitter from very early ages, giving children, direct and uncontrolled access to television, consoles, computers, etc.
He also recommends, avoiding at all costs the use of screens in the development phase of the brain, as he points out, that the abusive use of technology generates compulsive behavior in children. Therefore, he continues, the least is whether children or adults can be considered as really addicted to technology, pointing out that the important thing is that they have found that the abuse of technology leads to a dependency that is not healthy.
Our opinion is that it is not necessary to limit its use so drastically, but yes exercise control over the kids, so they don't spend so many hours with consoles, computers and television. What is clear is that each time we interact more through the Internet and not only to make social relationships but also to make habitual processes such as purchases, transactions or consultations. So our children are not connecting to screens, we are all doing it.
Have you already counted how many screens you have at home? Via | The World In Peques and More | Clara Marco: "Internet addiction shows symptoms similar to those that appear with drug addictions", Are social networks addictive to our youth ?, The prevention of problems associated with a misuse of technology Image | Fabrizio Sciami
