Recently, kindergartens and primary schools around the country have begun to have winter vacation. When it comes to the winter vacation, many children are addicted to their mobile phones, which makes parents feel a headache.
"Laugh when you give your phone, and jump when you take your phone!"
Many parents with babies have such an experience, children seem to have formed a dependence on mobile phones, addicted to them, can't stop, can afford to take it, can't put it down.
This phenomenon of being "kidnapped" by the screen involves a technical term: screen exposure.
According to experts, the so-called screen exposure mainly refers to children's behavioral activities of using electronic products with screens, including watching TV, playing video games, surfing the Internet and using smartphones.
In recent years, the phenomenon of "screen exposure" has attracted more and more attention.
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What does the "screen exposure" reveal?
Addicted to the screen, the "stamina" is great, and the consequences are serious. For children, the first thing is eyesight.
Previous surveys showed that the overall myopia rate of children and adolescents in mainland China was 52.7%. Among them, 14.3% were 6-year-olds and 35.6% were elementary school students. The low age of myopia cannot be ignored, and it is the common wish of everyone to prevent the increase of "small glasses".
Who "stole" a child's eyesight? One of the big reasons is screen exposure. For example, some parents regard their mobile phones as "feeding artifacts", what should they do if their children don't eat when they have ordered food? Take out their mobile phones to coax them and let them eat while looking at their mobile phones. As everyone knows, mobile phones with food, vision lesions.
In fact, screen exposure not only harms eyesight, but also intelligence. A study shows that children watch screen time for more than 1 hour a day before the age of 3, and by the age of 6, the child's IQ may drop by 7~8 points.
Recently, a study released by the National Children's Medical Center (Shanghai) and other institutions pointed out that children "staring" at the screen for more than one hour a day will have a significant increase in mental health risks.
Experts point out that watching videos for 1 hour a day in children aged 0~3 years old will affect cognitive control ability, which in turn will affect the total IQ level and attention development. Even when screen time is reduced after the age of three, it can still have a significant adverse effect on children's cognitive and psychological behavioural problems.
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The problem is exposed, how to solve it?
There is a good saying: when a problem arises, parents should stand with their children and defeat the problem, not stand with the problem and defeat the child.
Experts recommend that children under 2 years of age avoid screen exposure as much as possible, and if screen exposure cannot be avoided by children over 18 months of age, screen behavior can be limited to video calls, for example. In this regard, the majority of parents cannot but think about it.
Parents should lead by example to reduce shielding exposure. A fourth-grader reportedly wrote in his essay, "Dad, you only play on your phone." You're almost no longer my dad, you're the dad of the phone. ”
"Mom and Dad's child is a mobile phone, not me!" sounds ridiculous, but when you think about it, it's thought-provoking. If parents are playing with their mobile phones in front of their children and can't extricate themselves, what to say to keep them away from the screen, the effect can be imagined.
For example, parents are very happy to "brush" short videos in front of their children, and they can't help but laugh and laugh, which is bound to imply to their children that the mobile phone is a treasure and can bring great fun when immersed in the screen. To a certain extent, if parents regard electronic products as their children's "electronic nannies", children will inevitably become "electronic dolls".
Based on this, parents should reduce their dependence on screens, especially not blindly "accompanying" mobile phones without accompanying their children. To prevent children from becoming "screen slaves", parents must first refuse to become "screen slaves".
Let's assume such a scenario: parents take time to read picture books and tell stories to their children, and subtly, children may fall in love with picture books, let their imagination fly in picture books, and "travel with gods" in the story.
In addition, you can also take your children to take a walk outdoors to see, smell and touch the amazing nature.
Experts point out that outdoor "activities" are not outdoor "sports". When you go outdoors, you don't have to exercise, but you can move and run outdoors, or read a book or enjoy the scenery, which has unexpected good effects.
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Reducing children's screen dependence is an educational issue as well as a social issue.
For some parents, due to work and other reasons, they do not have enough time to spend with their children, let alone enough energy to take care of their children. In this context, the development of more inclusive childcare institutions is a direction.
In recent years, the state has vigorously developed inclusive childcare services, proposing that "by 2025, the number of infants and young children under the age of 3 per 1,000 population will be increased from 1.8 to 4.5". It also encourages and supports the development of the childcare industry from different levels, such as focusing on the problems of childcare institutions, and providing precise support in terms of addition, increment, and strength.
In order to alleviate parents' anxiety and reduce their worries, relevant departments have successively formulated and issued standards for the establishment of childcare institutions, management norms, childcare guidelines, and guidelines for the prevention of infant and young child injuries. Not long ago, the National Health Commission and other five departments jointly issued the "Measures for the Management of Family Childcare Centers (Trial)", requiring caregivers to have experience in infant and child care such as childcare and education, health and health or relevant professional backgrounds, as well as have received training in infant and child care, mental health, food safety, first aid and fire protection.
It is worth mentioning that the newly revised Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors adds online protection, and comprehensively regulates the protection of minors' online information and the prevention and treatment of Internet addiction.
Cultivating and improving minors' Internet literacy is a matter for families, schools, and society. In this regard, the state encourages and supports the creation and dissemination of online content that is conducive to the healthy growth of minors, and encourages and supports the research and development, production, and use of online technologies, products, and services that specifically target minors and are suitable for minors' physical and psychological health.
In addition, the Law on the Protection of Minors also stipulates that departments such as for press and publication, education, health, culture and tourism, and internet information shall periodically carry out publicity and education on preventing minors from becoming addicted to the Internet, and supervise the performance of their obligations to prevent minors from becoming addicted to the Internet.
At the end of the day, there's no one-size-fits-all solution to reducing your child's screen exposure, and it's not a one-size-fits-all solution, nor can it be achieved overnight. The most important thing is that all responsible subjects must be conscientious and contribute to the healthy growth of children.
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It is important to clarify that reducing screen exposure is not about shielding your child's online world, nor is it about artificially setting up a "screen" between them and the screen.
Some parents admit that the Internet is now everyone's way of life, and if children are completely unaware of this thing, they will be regarded as alien. To do this, make an agreement with your child that they will watch TV for 20 minutes a day or play with their mobile phone for a certain amount of time. Of course, electronic products such as mobile phones and iPads should not replace parents and become the protagonists of children's lives.
It should be noted that today's children are "the generation born with a mouse" and "the generation born with a smartphone", and are called "Internet natives". As soon as they came into this world, they were surrounded by screens, and it was natural for them to touch screens, touch the Internet, and electrocution (electronic products).
And electronics, including smartphones, are not a flood of beasts. The key to avoiding too much screen exposure lies in how to establish an effective guidance mechanism, how to effectively guide children to free themselves from the screen, how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and try to give full play to the positive meaning of "screen" as much as possible.
In a word, you can't "lock" your child's childhood in the screen, the key is to take advantage of the situation and grasp the degree. With the joint efforts of all parties, when children can use electronic products more scientifically and rationally, their world will be richer and more vast.
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