The year 2020 has already passed, as the arrival of the epidemic has disrupted the rhythm of our lives, and children have ushered in the climax of online learning. At the same time, it provided a breeding ground for "power socket kids".
Because of the departure from the original regular school life, without the teacher's discipline, the epidemic period of primary and secondary school students access to the network and the opportunity to play greatly increased, a lot of primary and secondary school students rely on electronic devices more and more strong, and even deep into it can not be extricated, these children can not be extricated from the children, that is, the "power socket children! "
These are the most important things you can do for your child.
Take a cell phone, for example, inside the colorful App, they have the function of helping children learn, but it also has the magic of eroding the attention of children all the time.
The opening of online classes has exacerbated the problem of Internet addiction in children, so what do we really think about this?
The problem of Internet addiction is not a new one, it has long been a well-worn topic.
As early as 2018, the World Health Organization listed game addiction as a "mental illness", and game addiction, a high-profile problem, has since been written into the government healthcare system.
According to the research of scholar Zhou Huazhen in 2018, about 40% of teenagers in China face the potential risk of Internet addiction.
And another report, "Youth Blue Book - China's Minors' Internet Use and Reading Practice Report (2017-2018)," shows that the age of first Internet contact for minors in China continues to be low, and the rate of cell phone ownership is increasing year by year. The overall penetration rate of Internet use among minors surveyed is as high as 98.1%, and the proportion of those who touched the Internet before the age of 10 is as high as 72.0%, a significant increase from 55.9% in 2010.
The popularity of electronic products is unstoppable, and the use of electronic products for children is a matter of pros and cons. Parents can neither treat it as a scourge, nor let it go.
So what should parents do?
Following the outbreak in the US, millions of students across the country turned to online learning. To ensure high-quality learning as well as prevent harm, the American parent's way is to get involved in their child's online learning. Helping their children develop an overall learning plan and controlling screen time during their online learning helps mitigate the negative effects of prolonged use of electronic devices.
Of course, many people are already using this approach, but with offline classes back to normal, there is still room for improvement.
Here are some suggestions:
Here are four key questions to help parents understand how much screen time their children are spending:
(1) Is screen time controlled;
(2) Is screen use interfering with family activities;
(3) Is screen use disrupting sleep;
(4) Is screen use interfering with family activities;
(5) Is screen use disrupting sleep;
(6) Is screen use interfering with family activities;
(7) Is screen use disrupting sleep? > (4) Whether snacking can be controlled during screen use.
If parents are satisfied with the answers to these questions, they can rest assured.
Meanwhile, there are a number of signals that can help parents manage their child's gadget use time:
(1) The battery on the device is low or completely drained;
(2) They're tired or have sore eyes;
(3) They're hungry;
(4) They need to use the restroom;
(5) Their phone or tablet is hot, etc.
According to research, secondary school students in the UK spend around 3 hours a day online. 70% of homes in the UK have access to the internet and students rarely go to internet cafes. And the reason for this is that students in the UK have a wealth of extracurricular activities. With the epidemic under control, our parents should also enrich their children's inner world with colorful sports, extracurricular practices and art activities, so as not to allow them to devote too much energy to the electronic world.
The "power socket children" who are bound by power cords must be taken seriously. Parents should take them out of the invisible circle, with the "companionable growth" approach, to give him a healthy, happy and lively childhood.