Parents
tend to use screen time as a parenting tool, which increases children’s media
exposure, and that is because when children are 2 is when their behaviour can
be difficult to control so parents used devices to control them, but parents
need to think about long-term developmental needs instead, as skills such as
self-regulation or healthy habits such as no screen time while eating should be
cultivated
It is
important to limit screen time for children as they will get more addicted when
they become adolescents, and screen time is related to a higher obesity rate,
though unfortunately because adults themselves are addicted to the screen so
they become unwilling to impose restrictions on children
Sedentary
behaviour is encouraged with excessive screen time, and other issues arise such
as aggressive behaviour, reduced attention span, poor language and cognitive
development
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