Recently, the National Health Commission launched an online interview to interpret the "Guidelines for Physical Activity of Chinese Groups (2021)". For the main recommendations of different groups of people in the "Guidelines" (2021), Zhao Wenhua, chief expert of nutrition at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that for children aged 2 and below, one is to have various forms of interactive play with caregivers every day; the second is that children who can walk independently can carry out at least 180 minutes (3 hours) of physical activity every day; the third is that the restricted time is not more than 1 hour at a time; and the fourth is not recommended to look at various screens.
After the view that "experts do not recommend children under 2 years old to see various screens" was reported by the media, it caused heated discussion among netizens on the Internet, some parents liked the experts and held a supportive attitude, and some parents believed that it was unrealistic to prohibit children under 2 years old from watching various screens. So, why not recommend that children under 2 years old look at the screen? How can parents guide their children? In this regard, the Reporter of China Youth Network interviewed some parents, pediatricians, and family education experts.
Parents: It is difficult not to let children under 2 years old see the screen, but it should be actively popularized
Speaking of children watching various screens, Ms. Wang, who works in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, will talk about it.
It turned out that three months after the birth of the child, she returned to work, and the child was handed over to the grandparents during the working day, but the old man put the child in front of the TV to watch TV because of the plan to save trouble.
Over time, Ms. Wang found that something was wrong, the child's interpersonal skills were greatly affected, as long as the child saw the TV or heard the sound of the TV, he would no longer communicate with adults and has been immersed in the world of TELEVISION, "Which once made me suspect that the child has autistic tendencies." ”
Before the age of 2, Ms. Wang's son became a full "TV fan", as soon as he had time, he turned on the TV, whether it was an advertisement or an animation, he could enter the plot in an instant and look at it with relish. Watch when you are bored, watch when you eat, and even play with children while playing on the TV.
She said that once, because she was watching TV, she had to shut my grandmother who went down to buy vegetables without a key for more than 2 hours, and let her grandmother knock, kick and shout outside. In the end, it was Grandpa who rushed home to get the key and opened the door to calm the storm.
"What's even more infuriating is that after opening the door, the grandparents actually found the little guy sitting in the living room, staring at the cartoon on the TV without blinking, if no one had reached such a point!" Ms. Wang said.
Ms. Wang is determined to let her children quit this habit. She invited a child from a relative's family who was about the same age as her son to come to the house to play together, and after having a playmate, the child's symptoms changed to a certain extent.
Later, Ms. Wang also did the ideological work of her husband, who was also a "TV and computer fan", unplugged the cable TV plug, and accompanied the child to read and play games after work, and the child slowly stopped addicted to TV. "Moreover, because my grandparents had the experience of being locked out of the door, they no longer dared to throw their children to the 'nanny' of the TV, and they would often take him out to play."
Ms. Wang said that in the information age, if you do not let children under 2 years old look at various electronic screens, it is indeed more difficult, and now, in many families, electronic products such as televisions, tablets, and mobile phones have become "electronic nannies", as long as they get electronic products such as mobile phones, children can not cry or make trouble.
However, from the perspective of children's physical and mental health, the idea of "not allowing children under 2 years old to see various electronic screens" should be actively popularized, and efforts should be made to let every caregiver of children under 2 years old know and reach a consensus.
Doctor: Watching TV before the age of 2 does more harm than good, affecting vision, hearing, and language development
Li Yanmei, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of Shenyang Red Cross Hospital in Liaoning Province, believes that under normal circumstances, it is not recommended not to let children watch TV before the age of 2, because the retina of young children can not be perfected until the age of 12, and before that, they should try to watch tv and electronic products as little as possible, including computers, mobile phones, etc.
In addition, it is absolutely forbidden to watch TV before the age of 1, and even watch TV from inside the mirror, because the eyes of small babies during this period, the development of various parts is very imperfect, the color of TV is more, the change is fast, and it has a great impact on the vision of small babies.
In addition, if the sound of the TV is just right for adults, but for small babies it is too large, easy to greatly affect the child's hearing, tv emits a mechanical sound, if you listen more, the child is not sensitive to the voice of ordinary people, will affect the future communication with parents and parents, so it is still not good, especially in the period when the child learns to speak, if the child is too addicted to television, electronic products, computers, mobile phones, etc., is not conducive to language development, there may be autism and other behavioral disorders.
"Until the age of 2, don't let children watch electronic products such as TV." Li Zhiling, deputy director of the Pharmacy Department of Shanghai Children's Hospital, said that children watching TV before the age of 2 will have several major drawbacks, one is to affect children's intellectual development; the other is to cause children's language development to be delayed, many parents will mistakenly think that there are people talking on TV, whether it will force children to imitate speech, in fact, it is a wrong understanding. Children like to talk to real people, TV talk can only let children only pay attention to listening and mouth does not speak, but will lead to language delay; at the same time, TV and other electronic products screens will also affect children's neurological development, easy to addictive, sedentary, resulting in inattention and so on.
Tan Xudong, professor, doctoral supervisor and director of the Children's Literature Research Center of Shanghai University. Courtesy of respondents
Experts: Children looking at the screen too early is prone to psychological problems and family problems
Tan Xudong, professor, doctoral supervisor and director of the Children's Literature Research Center of Shanghai University, believes that many parents now watch various electronic videos for young children, mainly because there are four aspects: First, parents do not feel that electronic videos have damage to children's retinal nerves, nor do they feel that letting young children contact videos does not conform to the characteristics and laws of children's growth; second, these parents treat electronic videos as toys, thinking that it is very fun and suitable for young children, just like other toys; third, some parents are lazy. They found that electronic video can attract young children, so they use videos to replace other items and let young children watch quietly, which can save parents effort and relax. Because accompanying young children to play with toys, reading stories and picture books to young children, parents need to have patience, but also need parents to use their brains, of course, these parent-child education also need parents to learn, to think; fourth, because many electronic products in the sales of excessive publicity, so that many parents mistakenly think that these electronic videos are beneficial can also help parents parenting.
In the family, the electronic videos that are widely watched mainly include: one is TV programs, including cartoons; the other is video games; the third is various types of videos of mobile media such as iPads, tablets, mobile phones; and the fourth is some electronic products specially designed for young children, such as electronic products and electronic audiobooks that can play children's songs, stories and videos.
"If these video files are exposed to young children too early, they will have three negative effects." Tan Xudong said that the first is to let young children watch videos too early, and watching videos for too long will hurt children's retinal nerves and damage children's vision. Now kindergarten physical examination, many children have color blindness, color weakness and myopia, also related to this; the second is to use electronic videos to replace books, parent-child reading and parent-child games, which will make children lack real warm and loving parent-child companionship, resulting in cognitive and language enlightenment and emotional lack; the third is to use simple tools to replace parent-child education and parent-child companionship, but also let parents lose the learning ability of education and understanding of children, and easy to produce family problems, especially after children grow up, there will be psychological problems, In particular, problems such as rebellion and generation gap will appear early.
Knowing the reasons and harms of watching TV for children under 2 years old, how to avoid children under 2 years old from watching various screens? Tan Xudong said that there are three simple ways: one is to try not to place these electronic products at home, especially when infants and young children are present, parents do not watch TV and computer games; second, parents read more parent-child reading and parent-child education books, learn parenting knowledge, especially to infants and young children, tell stories, read picture books and do simple games of knowledge and skills; third, the whole family develops good living and learning habits, as much as possible to accompany children, and children to do parent-child communication. Instead of simply replacing the role of parents with electronics. "A home with love, laughter, stories, books and toys such as building blocks and puzzles is an ideal environment for infants and young children to grow up."
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