How dangerous are smartphones and tablets for a child?

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Today, electronic devices have accompanied man since birth. New dangers in the current information age began to appear.

A team of pediatricians at Boston University conducted a study: a group of children were given electronic devices from an early age, and another group of children - later. As a result, there were differences in the emotional and social development of the two groups of children.

Based on this experience, the researchers concluded that smartphones and tablets have a negative impact on the development of the child. This is because electronic devices interfere with the child's self-control and development, resulting in the child's emotionally unstable growth.

For example, in many cases, parents give their children a gadget just to calm them down. However, in this case, the underwater rocks are hidden, in which case the children do not try to control their emotions, they just focus on something interesting. As a result, the child does not receive the development he needs.

Active use of smartphones and tablets leads the child to distance himself from the outside world. Such children have low qualities of mercy, compassion and kindness.

Of course, electronic devices are not always harmful. Another study found that e-books are useful for school-age children. Like paper books, e-books help to increase a child's vocabulary and imagination.

Scientists are in no hurry to call smartphones and tablets an "international evil." In this case, it may be a matter of parental control. Simply put, parents need to control their children's use of electronic devices, just as they limit computer games and television viewing.

Source: Naked-Science