What do you think about screen time for children?
Is screen time bad for children? Should you limit your childs screen time? Does screen time effect your childs development as a whole? Or, is screen time good for your child? There are alot of concerns with whats going on with a child when they watch TV or have screen time. Which is acceptable, because everyone wants best for thier child.
There are so many devices out there. TV, personal DVD players, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, handheld video devices, but why let a child have all of these devices? Between the years 2011 and 2013, children 8 and under have more than doubled thier use of media devices with screens. The increase for 2 year olds was even higher.
Should you be limiting the time your child has with a screen device? Children in the United States has an average of 7.5 hours a day of screen time. Having this much screen time for a child can be damaging to a child. It can fracture veiwers attention and it saps on mental energy. …show more content…
This disrupts sleep, making it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep. TV veiwing by preschoolers lowers their executive functions such as the ability to complete a given task. It may also lead to lower test scores later in school. Now, for the first time in 50 years, researchers are seeing a signifigant descrease in kids' creativity. Kids are bored with the play ground setting, they always want that thrill that the screen time gives
Is screen time bad for children? Should you limit your childs screen time? Does screen time effect your childs development as a whole? Or, is screen time good for your child? There are alot of concerns with whats going on with a child when they watch TV or have screen time. Which is acceptable, because everyone wants best for thier child.
There are so many devices out there. TV, personal DVD players, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, handheld video devices, but why let a child have all of these devices? Between the years 2011 and 2013, children 8 and under have more than doubled thier use of media devices with screens. The increase for 2 year olds was even higher.
Should you be limiting the time your child has with a screen device? Children in the United States has an average of 7.5 hours a day of screen time. Having this much screen time for a child can be damaging to a child. It can fracture veiwers attention and it saps on mental energy. …show more content…
This disrupts sleep, making it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep. TV veiwing by preschoolers lowers their executive functions such as the ability to complete a given task. It may also lead to lower test scores later in school. Now, for the first time in 50 years, researchers are seeing a signifigant descrease in kids' creativity. Kids are bored with the play ground setting, they always want that thrill that the screen time gives