Do you feel your children spending too much time watching television, video games and computer? Have you ever difficult to get them to leave the TV or computer and go outside and play? If so, join the crowd!
How much time children actually spend with the media?
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report in January 2010, the average time for children aged 8 to 18 years were spent with the media. These are the numbers of a typical day:
TV (4 hours, 29Minutes) Music / Audio (2 hours, 31 minutes) Computers (1 hour, 29 minutes) Video Games (1 hour, 13 minutes) Print (38 minutes) Film (25 minutes)
This adds up to 10 hours and 45 minutes of media exposure. If you will be taken into account simultaneously more than one medium, the medium is 7 hours and 38 minutes.
Wow! Our children are more than 7 hours per day on TV games, computers and video media. Since not much time to play outside! Where they learned tospend so much time watching television and playing on the computer?
It seems that our children can pick up this behavior from us! A study of 2009 adults of average use of Ball State University Center for Media Design and Sequent Partners reports that "over the revelation that consumers 45-54 years in average broadcasting time per day (just over 9 1 / 2 hours ) Video Consumer Mapping Study shows the average of all other age groups to be very similar at about 8 1 / 2Hours. "TV accounted for most of the time.
Why should we be worried about limiting screen time?
Parents bring a lot to worry about me, about how the media influences their children. A mother complained that her eight year old son of a meltdown, when it was time to turn off his video game. A father has discussed the negative attitude of his daughters who had seen - something he believes to record from TV. Another couple shared that their daughterwas more interested in playing with their Nintendo DS on vacation, when on the beach playing with his cousins.
Nursery school teachers are the link between aggressive behavior they see in their classes about what children see on television. Children Act, the violence they have seen.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy 'statement, "Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the messages conveyed through television, the influencePerceptions and behaviors. Many younger children can not distinguish between what they see and what really discriminate. Sexuality, academic performance, the concept of body and self-image, nutrition, diet and obesity, research has shown primary negative health effects of violence and aggressive behavior. And the use of drugs and patterns of abuse "
The transmission time is reasonable?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children 2 years and younger who are exposed to little screen time.For older children, the AAP recommended to limit air time - also use games, videos and computers - 01.59 clock for the time of transmission active.
How do these recommendations can be made with the amount of daily transmission time your children are confronted in general? Most parents find their children beyond these recommendations. Aware of the problem is the first step for some improvements.
What are the ways to limit the use of media?
If your children are oldenough to discuss the question, please contact the family to talk about it. Fill out your concerns and share ideas about how his family was able to limit the use of media.
These are just some ideas of other families have used:
Declare a "screen-free day" once a week in which no one watches TV, uses the computer or video games. Install monitoring software on computers that parents can set limits. Support daily use and stop using the media after the allotted time has expired. Set the timer to gowas reached after an average maturity. Turn the TV off during meals. Move your TV and computer rooms and public areas. Are you going to do more activities together, such as mountain biking and hiking.
The researchers found that children spend an effort to limit the average of their parents' use less time with media than their peers to do. Even if your children your efforts, can not resist to reduce its screen, the long-term benefits are worth it!
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