Modern technology devices are sweeping and invading most of our homes, so that they have become one of the basics of life and within the reach of our children in a remarkable way, especially in light of the quarantine imposed by the Corona pandemic, which has raised a state of terror and anxiety among many families over the future of their children, especially those who are attached to using these devices In browsing social networking sites, watching videos, children and their addiction to electronic games.
This situation, which most families and homes have reached, has prompted many specialists to warn of the psychological and social risks that electronic addiction can cause and its repercussions on children.
A previous German study warned that children's use of smartphones and tablets, excessively, may cause great harm to the child's behavior.
The study, published by several visual media and conducted at the University of Leipzig, Germany, indicated that these devices lead to hyperactivity and a sense of apathy and increase their likelihood of depression and isolation in children between the ages of two and six years.
Researchers confirmed that the excessive use of modern technological means, especially in the pre-school stage, leads to disturbances in family relationships as well.
Isolation and autism
The addiction of children and even young people to the use of modern technology devices significantly contributes to the possibility of psychological depression and introversion, which leads them to autism, isolation and lack of communication and relationships with people and those around them.
This bad habit also causes many social, health and psychological damage, perhaps the most prominent of which are sleep disturbances and failure at the level of private life or at the level of study, in addition to selfishness and aggression, isolation from others, violence and bullying, and chronic psychological disorders and excessive nervousness.”
"Therefore, failure to address this problem by parents and families in the early stages, especially in light of the Corona pandemic, social distancing and quarantine, may pose a danger to their lives in the long run without warning."
Addiction to computers, mobiles, and electronic games is a psychological and behavioral condition, and it is not easy to give up because they are accustomed to it and it has become an essential part of their lives to the point that it forces them to abandon their true reality and complete isolation from family and society.
That the addicted to technology cannot control his anger when one of his parents asks him to leave smart devices or take them from him, and does not pay any attention to eating, family meetings and the presence of friends, and suffers from a loss of time and lack of interest in educational and sports activities.
Causes of addiction
One of the reasons why children are addicted to smart devices is that parents are preoccupied with their children all the time, and try to get rid of their inconvenience by giving them these devices for long periods, in addition to the parents’ lack of awareness of the danger of these devices to their children and their lives, and their children imitating them using these devices for long periods
treatment and solutions
On how to treat addiction to smart devices:
Children should be engaged in various activities such as family visits and sports activities as alternatives to using electronic and smart devices.
With the importance of preventing children from using these smart devices during visits and various recreational trips, in bedrooms and during meals.
Parents, being the ideal for their children, should limit the use of electronic devices in the presence of their children, because addiction to electronic games threatens children to change their behavior and push them to nervousness, selfishness, bullying against their peers and society, feeling a state of anxiety and tension during sleep, their inability to focus, attention and tendency to loneliness.
He pointed out that those in charge of the application aim to enhance the value and appreciation of time in the child after he wasted time during excessive use, and the father can follow up, guide and direct his son.
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