Written by Hugh(현. 초5)/December 21, 2024
Concerns about children’s screen use
Nowadays, most people are inevitable to the use internet. Digital devices like cellphones are convenient and fast. Also, screens could educate children from their homes and learn by using online platforms such as EBS. However, while screens offer educational benefits to children, they also have negative effect to them. Parents should concern about the screen use of their children. One of the most significant concerns of screen time to children is continue of decrease of children’s mental and physical health when they use screen.
To begin with, parents should concern children using screens because it can plummet their mental health. Screen makes children’s digital eye strain. Digital eye strain could have headaches and blurred vision. Also, too many screen use could lead to sleep disturbance. According to world health organization, “children with 2 hour screen time experience shorter sleep duration, and delayed sleep onset”. This could lead to deterioration to immune system for children.
Next, another concern is children’s mental health decrease. Children can be addicted to digital devices. They cannot get out of the world of online. Furthermore, they can have anxiety and violent. A+PREP daily states, “exposure to inappropriate or harmful content, including violence or misinformation, poses additional risks”. But, some people say that screen time could make children happy by fun videos. However, if there’s no parent’s guide, they could click bad videos in curiosity. If this continues, children can have depression and have mental disability.
To conclude, one of the most significant concerns of screen time to children is continue of decrease of children’s mental and physical health when they use screen. Over screen use can lead to digital eye strain and grow their violence by watching inappropriate videos with no supervision of their parents. So, parents play a critical role in children’s health. Parents should guide children well so that they can have fun in online world appropriately.