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Kids and gadgets: the good and the bad

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Children playing with electronic gadgets (mobile phones, laptops, electronic games) are a common sight these days.
Why are children being increasingly exposed to these electronic devices?

The electronic gadgets are becoming less expensive and easily available.
Parents give them to distract them while feeding.
Parents are becoming increasingly busy and unable to spend time with their children; hence giving the children these gadgets to keep them occupied.
Peer pressure from other children makes these an essential requirement for some children.
What are the potentially harmful effects of these devices?

Excessive use of these devices can be harmful.

Brain growth: The harm can be more pronounced in early childhood which is a period of rapid brain growth and development.

Learning: High-speed media content can contribute to attention deficit, as well as decreased concentration and memory. This can lead to serious learning problems.

Development: Technology use restricts movement, which can result in delayed development.

Behavioral problems like impulsivity, aggression, violence.

Mental illness: Increased risk of mental illnesses like child depression, anxiety, attachment disorder, attention deficit, autism, bipolar disorder, psychosis and problematic child behaviour.

Addiction: In the absence of parental attachment, detached children can attach to devices, which can result in addiction.These gadgets are excessively stimulant to the children's brains. As a result, they find rest of the normal activities as dull and boring.

Sleep problems: It is particularly important to avoid these gadgets immediately before bedtime as they could stimulate the brain and cause sleeping problems

Obesity: Decreased physical activity leading to obesity.

Exposure to violence, sex etc. This can encourage children to exhibit violent behaviour.

Radiation: Exposure to radiation. Children are more sensitive to a variety of agents than adults as their brains and immune systems are still developing.

What is acceptable exposure?

Although it is difficult to say what the safe limit is, there are some guidelines available.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Society of Pediatrics state infants aged 0-2 years should not have any exposure to technology, 3-5 years be restricted to one hour per day, and 6-18 years restricted to 2 hours per day.
What can parents do about it?

Parents should act early before the kids get addicted to these devices.

They should limit the daily exposure to an acceptable period.

Do not give these devices just to keep the children engaged or to distract them while feeding.

Find alternative methods of keeping them engaged like sports, reading books etc.

Do not give them during the time when kids go to play outdoors. This will ensure that children will get adequate physical exercise.

Supervise children during the use of electronic devices. This way we can ensure that they are exposed to unwanted content.

Ensure that children are not exposed to excess violence etc.

Avoid using them before bedtime. This will prevent sleep problems.

If any side effects or signs of addiction noted, please seek expert help.

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Children playing with electronic gadgets (mobile phones, laptops, electronic games) are a common sight these days. Why are children being increasingly exposed to these electronic devices? The electronic gadgets are becoming less expensive and easily available. Parents give them to distract them while feeding.

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In the current world, we can see technology has been an integral part of our lives. It definitely plays an important role in our day to day life. Technology has drastically increased at a fast pace developing new gadgets frequently. From a young age to old age, we see everyone using electronic gadgets. It might be TVs, smartphones, laptops, tablets, and so on. The list goes long if we start listing out each gadget entered into the market. Technology has replaced a human life in various ways including studying.

Learning is made easy with a wide range of electronic stuff helping in studying. Presently, we see students are using tablets instead of notebooks. This is definitely a great changeover. Students are so attracted to the electronic gadgets that they forget what they are up to. It is a pathetic situation. Though electronic gadgets have made learning concepts easier by providing interactive videos, graphical interpretation and more but, they have adversely affected kids life. The young generation gets manipulated easily with upcoming trending gadgets. If electronic gadgets are used in a limit then it has fewer effects on humankind. There are advantages of gadgets as they have made our lives easier but they have disadvantages as well. We have listed out a few major effects of electronic gadgets used by students.
Increases aggression
Generally, we see kids replicating what they see or hear. Electronic gadgets like TVs, mobiles, laptops show various kind of entertainment shows and much other violent stuff. Even kids involve themselves in surfing unwanted things, chatting and much more. These can result in a huge impact on a kid's life. Children interaction with the social media and gadgets increases their aggression abruptly. With the increased use of electronic stuff, innocent kid's can be a victim of themselves.
Causes Sleep Disorders
Students are so much addicted to mobiles and laptops that they spend whole night playing games, surfing, chatting, so on. This can be dangerous. Parents have educate children on how to use gadgets wisely. Children need adequate sleep to stay active whole day but the current generation children are more on phones and laptops. Moreover, the rays emitted by screens lead to loss of vision. It can cause the problem in the retina and there can be temporary vision loss.
Leads to Obesity
Young kids don't show interest in playing outdoor games as they are stuck on to the mobiles and tablets. Along with this, kids tend to eat a lot of junk food without conscious of the amount of intake. This can lead to obesity. They don't realize at an early stage but they might have to face hurdles in life.
Causes hearing Problems
Children and teenagers tend to use mobiles and tablets wearing earphones and headphones with more volume. This will cause damage to their ears and they may become deaf. Wearing earphones is not restricted but you need to maintain less volume and less time. Kids use the phones the whole day with their earphones which is dangerous.
Dries up the eyes
All electronic devices emit light rays which are harmful. Continuously watching electronic devices for a long time may lead to visually impaired. The liquid present in the eyes may dry up and cause a vision problem. It is one of the major impacts of using gadgets.
Increased chances of Cancer
The radiation from electronic gadgets is a cancer-causing agent that may lead to cancer problems. Children may be affected widely with various types of cancers like leukemia, skin, thyroid, breast, and stomach cancers.
Activates back pain
One of the major health issues caused by using gadgets is back pain. Children are unaware of this but it does affect them slowly. Children tend to stick at one place using electronic gadgets continuously for a long time which results in back pain.

Hence, this is an initial warning for children using too many electronic gadgets. It is not mandatory that using gadgets has to be stopped immediately. Instead, use it in a limit. Fix yourself some time for using gadgets and then get back to other work. Do not use gadgets too much.

Hope our blog has made you aware about the consequences of gadgets in student life. Do keep them in mind and use them wisely.

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Effects of Electronic Gadgets in Student life - KopyKitab Blog

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In the current world, we can see technology has been an integral part of our lives. It definitely plays an important role in our day to day life. Technology has drastically increased at a fast pace developing new gadgets frequently. From a young age to old age, we see everyone using electronic gadgets.

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How does technology influence our lives? 

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Now, in groups, think about the results and how technology changes people's lives? Here you will find some resources to start your research. You can include all the material that you consider relevant for your investigation.

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How often do your teachers/family members use electronic gadgets?

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