TVs and smartphones, small children are an enemy of mental health, research

TVs and smartphones, small children are an enemy of mental health, research

Helsinki: After a long research in Finland, experts have warned that small children watching cartoon films on TV, smartphones and tablets, etc. are just five years old, many psychological problems.

This research was done by the Children’s Psychology, Dr. Julia Pawon, headed by 2011 to 2011.

Meanwhile, reviewing the daily use of TV, smartphone and tablet in 699 children of five years (and and a half years), and trying to know how these devices impact on these children’s temperament.
The figure came to know that 23 percent of the 18 months of children, while 95% of five years of age, spend more than one hour more than one hour; Which is more than the setting of the World Health Organization.

Explain that the World Health Organization has set a maximum of 1 hour (60 minutes) of TV, Smartphone and Tablet viewing (screen time) for children.

The daily average screen of children at the age of 18 months was 32 minutes, which increased by five years of age to 114 minutes (approximately 2 hours) daily.

On the contrary, children who were accustomed to playing video games on TV, smartphone and tablets, they did not come to any psychological problems.

Experts discovered that many psychological issues were clearly seen in children who spend more time in front of TV, smartphone and tablet screen to see cartoon movies etc. For example:

Emotional problems such as dishonesty, fear, anxiety and depression;

Practice problems, such as anti-behavior, quarreling and intense difficulty to overcome anger etc. And

Attractive problems, especially response mood, troubleshooting in many ways simultaneously and to focus.

This discovery is important because of technology development as well as the tendency to use smartphone and tablet in children and adults.

In this report published a few days ago on the online research journal “BMJ Open” website, Dr. Paulon and his colleagues have advised every special and general to television to children. Do not sit late in front of computers, smartphones and tablet screens, but provide more opportunities for other engagement so that they should be safe from psychological problems in the young age.