HOW ARE GADGETS AFFECTING CHILDREN?

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These days we are equipped with gadgets, and playing football in the park has turned out into playing football on the smartphones, reading books has turned out into reading books online.

There are many advantages of gadgets for children such as calculators, Google searches on the web and many more, whereas there are certain disadvantages of gadgets too.

 

A child uses smartphones and gadgets in his day to day life, which even affects a child’s brain.
Screens affect a child’s brain as when a child is using screens the brain acts dumb.

 

·      A child should be allowed to use screens at a specific chosen time.

·      A child should be made to spend quality time with family, thus keeping him away from screens.

·      A child should not be allowed to use phones / gadgets at night after dinner.

·      A child should not use gadgets more than 2 hours a day.

·      A child should not be allowed to bring the gadget too near to the eyes.

Negative Effects of using gadgets

·      Drastic reduction in brain development

·      Weak eyesight

·      Sleep gets deprived

·      Interaction gets reduced

 

These devices make the children addictive towards them. They make the children lazy and they do not wish to study.

Children are mostly found playing video games or watching videos and using social media and stuff.

The human brain does not function properly as it starts depending on gadgets.


Photo Credit: Google Internet

Author: Yashna Mathur
10 Yrs Old
Prudence, Sector 22

Dwarka, New Delhi

Comments

  1. Unknown2 June 2020 at 07:26

    Very true analysis of today's generation reading and playing habit I hope it will help kids to understand the problems related to using to much gadgets in their life.

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  2. quote_about_life_love_sad_more2 June 2020 at 07:35

    Correct

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