Children's Gadget Usage Control Needed

The phenomena of children being well-versed in using gadgets has been considered   these days. We all live in electronic – era and we all aware of that. It is no more surprising if you see a 5 years-old boy watching video from Youtube from his own tablet.

Now we are all faced with the fact that children can’t be separated from gadget. You may say that a lot of entertainment from gadget gives happiness and joy to children. But is that really true? If we look back to when we were little, we had far happier childhood times without the existence of electronic gadgets. Playing outside with our friends till sunset, catching fireflies, swimming in the river, etc. Those kinds of activities are rare to find in today’s children.

Some parents who don’t know how to take care of their children’s fussiness, will usually let them play with gadgets to calm their children down. Indeed gadgets will overcome the situation, but can also give both the parents and children bigger problem. For the parents, they will not learn how to handle their children when they are fussy and somehow their children will not get the affections needed from their parents. In other words, the role of parents will be replaced by the gadgets.

There is a research stating that excessive gadget usage in children will increase the obesity risk. Children who are allowed to play with their gadget in their bedroom are likely to get 30% higher risk of suffering obesity, because gadget will make them lazy to move and do activities. We all know that obesity leads to stroke and heart attack.

Furthermore, gadget addiction will make them difficult to socialize with their surroundings. Children who have been addicted to gadgets have the tendency to become introvert. They don’t care about anything but their gadgets.

It is why, regarding to these bad effects of the uncontrolled gadget usage in children, I hope parents can pay close attention to their children. Affection from the parent is the thing that children need in their growth. It is alright to teach the children how to use gadget, but don’t let gadgets replace the role as parents to them.