The Dhaka Times Desk Nowadays we often see many people letting children use smartphone or tab like content. But the screen use of these products can cause serious harm to children.
Many people hand over a smartphone, tab or laptop to handle the child. Or it can be seen that he is busy with some work and starts a cartoon series on television.
Many parents take the help of these screens to make feeding their babies easier. It can be seen that if these products are handed over to children, they become addicted to them. Then it can be seen that it is not much trouble to feed them. However, we have no idea about the dire consequences of allowing children to spend too much time in front of these screens.
A large Canadian study found that this can delay the development of children's skills, including late learning to speak and interact socially with others.
The study was conducted by monitoring nearly 2500 children aged 2 years. The study's findings come as the debate rages over exactly how much screen time is actually safe for children to spend in front of a screen.
Experts from Canada and the United States say that it is not right to let children use screens before they are one and a half years old.
However, some experts say that it is very difficult to set a specific age limit for this. In this study, mothers were surveyed for 5 years. They were asked questions about children's screen use. Asked how their behavior and skills were at any age.
Screens that children are allowed to use include watching television programs, watching videos or playing games on devices such as computers, phones and tablets.
It turns out that two-year-olds spend an average of 17 hours in front of a screen per week. But by the time they reach three, their screen time also increases to at least 25 hours a week! And when the age is 5 years, it decreases to 11 hours. Usually children start going to primary school at this time.
According to the results of the study, the delay in the development of children due to increased screen time is easily seen. As you can see, the screen time just increased.
However, it is not clear which is directly responsible for the amount of time spent in front of the screen or what they actually see on the screen. It may have more to do with it. Things like how the child is growing or how the child spends or likes to spend his time.
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