Smartphones, tablets and computers have become an integral part of our lives. Often in virtual reality we spend more time than in real life.
Indeed, it is very convenient - a small device has everything: phone, email, camera, games and any information which we can only wish. Often with gadgets in hand you can see the children, even infants, and include their own smartphone children can before confidently handle a spoon.
Scientists Birkbeck, University of London conducted a study on this subject. I have found that frequent use of mobile devices with a touch screen can lead to sleep disorders in young children.
Experts interviewed 715 parents with children aged 6 months to 3 years, relatively viewing their TVs and use of a child gadgets, as well as kids sleep in the daytime and at night time. It analyzed the time spent for the games and entertainment, as well as sleep duration and frequency of awakenings.
According to the survey 75% of children aged 6 months to 3 years old to use the touch screen on a daily basis. At what if among children under 11 months, there were slightly more than half, among the crumbs older (from one to three years), this figure reached 92%.
Also increases with age and time of use of the gadget every day from 8.53 minutes per day on average (6-11 months) to 45 minutes a day (26-36 months).
The study also showed a significant association between the use of the touch screen and the duration of the night and daytime sleep of the child and the period of sleep.
Thus, according to the study, daily use of the tablet reduced by an average of 15 minutes of sleep during the day and up to an hour of night baby sleep. Scientists attribute this to the fact that the use of gadgets leads to increased excitability of the nervous system of the crumbs, which prevents him from sleeping in a timely manner. In this case, any special relationship between the fact that the child is using smartphones and tablets with the frequency of nighttime awakenings, scientists have found.
And yet, we suggest you read 7 family visiting rules, which appeared grudnichok.
