We grew up without a mobile phone and without a tablet and that makes us wish, sometimes, for our children to grow up in the same way. However, we live in the era of computer science and communication through screens, as a complement to the verbal communication of a lifetime, and it is difficult to control our children in this sense because, whether we want to or not, they will end up communicating with Your friends and acquaintances in this way.
That will happen in the future, when they grow up, but now that they are children? Do we do well by leaving them the mobile or tablet to play? Do we do well by offering them a screen when they get bored or nervous? Isn't it the same as us, who watched TV as children? Researchers of the Boston University School of Medicine they say we are not doing too well because mobile phones and tablets could be negatively affecting the social and emotional development of children.
We watched TV
Well, that. We didn't have a tablet or mobile phone, but we had TV. Is the same? Not quite. I don't know how much television you watched, but I watched it for a little while when I arrived from school, while I was having a snack, that they were doing Sesame Street and something else, and then I was getting homework or other things.
Now they have a tablet and mobile (if we let them) and they also have a TV But not a couple of chapters in the hours children are at home. Now they have TV channels directed exclusively for them, with drawings at all hours.
And if they are not at home, because nothing happens, with the mobile you can also see the drawings, or we put a game, and so all happy.
But this is not desirable.
But nevertheless, using the tablet or mobile phone to calm a child or to entertain him is a mistake, because in this way children lose the ability to control themselves and creativity, that which appears from boredom, from nothing, from not knowing what to do and then thinking about what to do for fun. And not only that, but they also miss a great time to talk, to share, to interact with the people around you.
They say that man is an eminently social animal. Well hey, for the social thing that we are every day we go more crestfallen looking at the screen. Oh yes, shut up, which is to talk on social networks. So we are still social, right? And children? They are not talking to other children via mobile, are they not missing something?
Well, that. They get lost play, get lost draw, paint, run, jump, get dirty, sing, talk. But they can even color on mobile! No wonder they take a pencil and don't know how to hold it.
Television is not suitable for babies
They have long recommended that young children avoid television and the elderly seem to be clear that it is best to devote their free time to other things, rather than gaping in front of the screen.
However, it seems that there is not much consensus, or not so much talk, about the effects that mobile phones and tablets can cause in children. Not being able to eliminate them, because it is not possible, and aware that parents exercise examples for children, who also want to use our phones, urge us to let's not use them to calm them down and distract them, or at least not as a rule.
How will a small child learn to calm down if we always show up with his cell phone to stop bothering him? Because when a child is nervous or angry, what he has to do is, with our help, look for tools to solve the moment. Talk about it, explain yourself or learn to tell us what's wrong. If you are not yet able to do it and instead of helping you, we put the screen in front of you, not only does it not explain your problem, but you don't even learn to explain it.
On the other hand, where is the smell of the pages? They don't ask us "what do you put here"? Do they color with their finger? The stories of the tablets can be read by you, but you can also read them by the gadget. And the drawings, you can color them with your finger. It is not that it is bad as a complement, but it is if this is how a child has fun or entertains as a rule.
In summary
Researchers believe that three-year-olds who make use of interactive screens could affect their math and science skills. As advice, they urge parents to increase direct human contact with children. Come on, what is said "take off your tablet or mobile and play with it".
In addition, less interaction with other children, less communication, worse social skills and less emotional intelligence. Didn't they say that the most capable and successful people are the ones with more emotional intelligence, those that best relate to others? Well look, the more we leave the phone, closer we are to raise opposites to these.
