I have two children ages 6 & 8 and they both have tabs. I limit their use of them but I get a real sense of satisfaction when they choose to play with each other or play a game rather than use tabs and this seems to be happening a lot more recently.
My eight year old daugher keeps asking for a smartphone but I will not entertain the idea at the moment.
You're right though, despite it being obvious that the effects of too much screen time are negative, lots of families continue to let their children have unlimited screen time because it's just easier.
I know of one parent who was prescribed melatonin for their child because they were having problems sleeping. They let their child take their mobile phone to bed with them and when I informed them that the type of light being emitted by the phone actually stopped the body from producing natural melatonin she was shocked although not enough to stop her daughter from using her phone in bed.
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Thats great that you set limits with their screen time as a lot of parents don't
I have seen a small child who must have been no more than 1yr old in a pram screaming and the only way the mother could get the child to stop crying was to hand over the ipad.
This is true about light emission keeping people awake, am I right in thinking that our skin has light receptors?
anyway, we live in the north of Sweden where the sun does not go down for two months, and during this time I find it very difficult to get a good nights sleep.
The smallest amount of light from these phones is bad and then if you combine that with the signals they give off then its no suprise.
Thank you for the interaction