"Turn off the TV, you've been watching it for two hours today"
"Mom, I'll look at it again, for a while, just ten minutes, okay?"
Such a dialogue believes that every family is no stranger, the mothers are one foot tall, the babies are tall, the petite selling cuteness, the sprinkling and rolling, the lies are endless, it sounds vivid and interesting, but it makes the parents miserable.
Parents do not let their children watch TV for many reasons, most of which are because watching TV will affect their children's vision, and children are too young to have the ability to correctly distinguish between right and wrong, plus strong imitation ability, afraid of being damaged by TV plots, especially violent plots will have a bad misleading effect on the healthy growth of children.
In fact, the harm of watching TV does not stop there.
The difference between children who "watch TV" and children who "don't watch TV" is so great
Children who "don't watch TV" have even more vision
In 2020, the National Health Commission released the "White Paper on Chinese Eye Health", showing that the overall incidence of myopia in mainland children and adolescents in 2018 was 53.6%, and it continued to grow with the increase of grades, it is not difficult to find that in a class, especially in junior high school, most children wear thick glasses. Studies have shown that most of the causes of myopia in young children are electronics, and watching TV without moderation increases their risk of myopia.
Children who "don't watch TV" develop better overall
Children are in the growth and development period, and watching TV with an incorrect sitting position can easily cause the spine to bend or even deform. Moreover, because watching TV reduces the time spent communicating with other children, children are more likely to develop an introverted personality. Children who watch less TV will focus more on other aspects, such as focusing on their own interests and hobbies, and will grow up faster.
Children who "don't watch TV" are more capable of learning
As we all know, television is a one-way transmission of information, due to the lack of independent thinking and discernment, they are easy to passively and indiscriminately accept the problems, analysis processes and results set by others, and will develop bad habits of not loving to use their brains for a long time. Therefore, compared with television, books, puzzle games, and outdoor activities can improve children's learning and thinking ability, and they can find problems, think about problems, and solve problems in play.
Blocking children from watching TV is counterproductive
Although "watching TV" has many harms for children, in the information age, television as a new media, its colorful program content, new and unique expressions bring joy to our leisure time, enrich and update our knowledge inventory, and become our daily necessities, naturally for children. They also need to be in tune with the times and learn about the outside world through television.
If we blindly and strictly stop them, not only will we not be able to make them obedient, but it will be counterproductive. Many parents find that preventing their children from watching TV has more and more problems. For example, some netizens reflected that their children learned to lie, because the reverse psychology likes to work against themselves, and the parent-child relationship is getting worse and worse; even some netizens reflect that the children have few friends at school and are becoming more and more introverted.....
Watching TV is one of the channels for children to obtain knowledge and information, and as parents, we should respect them as we respect adults. Instead of using coercive means to be one-size-fits-all, it is better to guide them scientifically on the basis of understanding them.
Watch TV scientifically and accurately control different age groups
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the largest organization of children's doctors in the United States, has made a series of recommendations based on the results of the study that children should watch TELEVISION differently depending on age.
0 to 2 years old do not let infants and young children watch TV, because watching TV too early may hinder the development of young children, as a child's parents, you should communicate directly with infants and young children.
2 to 5 years old can not exceed an hour a day, it is best for parents to accompany their children to watch together and answer their children's questions at any time.
Parents aged 6 and above should set the length of time their children watch TV each day to ensure that sleep, exercise and other health-promoting behaviors are not affected. In addition, try not to watch TV before eating and going to bed.
Parents do this, and children are no longer addicted to watching TV
Blocking is not as good as neglect, and there may be a lack of parental responsibility behind the child's addiction to television. Children's self-control ability is poor, at this time, the reasonable guidance of parents is particularly important. Parents are the best teachers and role models for children, as parents can use their own behavior to subtly influence and change children, so that they continue to grow in the right direction.
1. Teach children how to watch TV correctly
When the children are still young, the choice of TV content cannot be handed over to them, and parents can choose positive, interesting and diverse, concise and educational content for their children. In addition, companionship is particularly important, when children watch TV, it is best to let him 2.5-4 meters away from the TV, maintain a correct sitting posture, do not bend over backwards, avoid sitting for a long time, parents should encourage them to stand up more and look into the distance. It should also be noted that the volume and brightness of the TV should also be moderate, avoid being too large or too small, and it is best to ask the child's opinion, so that they feel respected and understood anytime and anywhere.
2. Set rules for your children and tell them to do what they say by example
As a parent, you can scientifically constrain your child's behavior, such as watching for an hour or half an hour a day. We must not compromise softly because of their playfulness, we must lead by example, ask the children to ask themselves, put down the mobile phone, do not be a low-headed person, set an example for the children, and let the family form a family atmosphere of doing what they say.
3. Divert your child's attention, do more outdoor activities, and release your child's nature
Children love to watch TV, because of the rich colors and content of TV, they are easily attracted by new things, parents can take their children to do more puzzle games, outdoor sports, and other children to play and communicate, etc., through a variety of activities to divert their attention.
Write at the end:
Watching TV is also one of the good memories of children's growth, it is an essential topic for them to talk about socially with their peers, it is the window for them to understand this strange and interesting world, as parents should be correctly guided and reasonably advised after the harm of watching TV.
I believe that the correct way of handling will make the parent-child relationship more harmonious and the growth of the child more assured.