Motion
Movement is life! And for a child - this is the natural state of the body. While watching cartoons / transmissions, the muscular system is in a static (frozen) state. And it remains in it until the child sits before the blue screen. From this, muscle clamps and blocks may appear, and if the child systematically watches TV in the wrong posture or the TV and the "seat" are in a non-physiological disposition, the child risks posture and normal development of the osseous system. And do not blame then for the scoliosis of your heir to the school teacher, who put him in the wrong room. The second side effect of prolonged views is the possible state of excitation and irritability. So the nervous system makes up for forced inaction an increased activity. Or, conversely, after a protracted telesession, the child is hindered by reactions - this is due to a change in consciousness, a trance.
What to do? If the transfer, really, interesting, frequent breaks to advertising (it takes a quarter of broadcasts!) Can be used as a motor pause. Play along with the child or give him some errands for the house. This will relieve muscle tension.
Speech
The more time devoted to the "box", the less it remains to communicate with parents, friends, animals. Children who spend more than three hours a day near the TV, doctors state the delay of speech development. The reason is, they believe, that the child's psyche when viewing the broadcasts is more aimed at visualization than on verbalization. Recent research has proved that it is easier for children to retell what they heard than what they saw. If a child of preschool age watches TV for one hour every day, the risk of memory disorders increases by 10%, say American pediatricians. According to statistics, many children at the age of two years spend at the TV more than 10 hours a week! At 20% of the examined nine-month-old crumbs, whose parents used the TV as a nanny, physicians discover a delay in physical development. If the TV does not go down, most children by the age of three are lagging behind in their development for a whole year, that is, they are spoken of as two-year-olds, and their further development is also under threat.
What to do? If you look, then usefully. Each time, ask the child to retell the content of the movie and discuss what they liked and what did not. If the baby repeats the advertising slogans, do not interrupt it - this contributes to the development of the speech apparatus. But be sure to clarify what it means: "Your pussy would have bought the Whiskas, and if it really is."
Vision
When we look at the real object, the eye muscles are constantly trained, as if "feeling" the thing. With the TV, it's the other way around. Paradox of perception of telephoto: the image on the screen moves, and the eye muscles - no! At telescopes, scientists note a marked decrease in eye activity.
What to do? Teach the children to relate what they saw on the television screen to reality. If the kid sees the ball on the screen, give him a real one, let him examine and feel to develop his spatial and color perception. Take the child to the circus or the zoo after watching the broadcast about the animals, so that the child's mind is surrounded, what the tiger really is and what colors it was colored by nature.
Digestion
When watching a fascinating transmission in a child, the metabolic processes slow down by 90%. That is why "television" children often have disorders in the work of the gastrointestinal tract. At the mental level, a metabolic disorder is a disruption of communication with the outside world, so do not be surprised if the TV has problems with communication. " In addition, while watching TV, the so-called hunger centers are activated, which arouse appetite. But! To eat something the spectator eats, and the centers of a brain, responsible for feeling of saturation, doze (we after all are concentrated on the TV), as a result the person eats in 3 times more. Extra kilo - payment for the combination of two menus: spectator and food.
What to do? Strictly forbid children to eat in front of the TV. And do not set a bad example. Explain to the child the nature of this "can not."
Ability to make decisions
In real life, a little man learns this in the game - he chooses the role of doctor or nanny, father or mother, simulates life situations and finds solutions. With television it's different: the child watches the relationship of the characters of the film or the cartoon, but is deprived of the opportunity to choose - all have already decided for him and offered a finished product. In addition, from the screen in the form of harmless cartoons, children can assimilate and replace the original human values. Analyzing the adventures of popular Shrek, scientists argue that this cartoon forms in children the wrong stereotypes of the behavior of men and women. The duke, who must always be a hero, is weak and weak in the cartoon, the tenderness and femininity are waiting for the princess, and she turns out to be strong and courageous (remember the scene when the princess throws the enemies to the right and left).
What to do? More often give the child the opportunity to communicate more "alive". Offer to play in the yard or tell the situation that he had with friends, ask about his decision. Analyze with the child, whether the cine heroes did right and why.
Fear and Aggression
Even if the family strictly keeps a record of television views, pay attention to innocent, seemingly feature films. According to statistics, this cinematography accounts for more than half of all the broadcast scenes of violence (57%). If the child regularly sees them on TV, his emotional development is violated, and the ability to compassion and empathy is not formed. Such children in school are often considered hooligans, and in their teenage years they risk falling into criminal history. Every third student who saw a momentary scene of horror on TV, a feeling of fear (not always visible!) Remains for several minutes, and even hours - such a child can suffer from neuroses, insomnia, increased anxiety.
What to do? View the TV in advance to protect the child from unwanted programs. Ideally, children under 7-8 years old are better off not watching programs that tell of terrible events. But if the child still saw this, create a sense of security: sit next to you, hug. When discussing what was seen, explain what was happening on the screen, emphasize what was done to save people.
Feeling of time
The results of the conducted experimental studies showed that if the child spends a lot of time in front of the TV, his perception of the duration of the minute slows down - his subjective minute is more than 60 seconds until the loss of sense of time and loss of reality. In addition, the television time is very rich, dynamic, the events follow each other with great speed, in a short time we live several lives - "for themselves and for that guy." Participation in a vivid television life is tempting, and reality is boring compared to it. This can lead to tele-dependence. In Europe, now 5-6% of children who can be considered tele-dependent, they spend at the blue screen from 5 hours a day.
What to do? Dose the time spent at the TV.
Children under 3 years of age are not welcome to the TV. The damage from viewing at this age is huge! Children 3-6 years - no more than 20 minutes a day. Distinguish where the real, and where imaginary, children is difficult to 7 years. Schoolchildren 6-11 years - no more than 40 minutes. At this time, the attitude to what is seen is formed, a critical look at tele-people.
Discuss with the children the actions of the movie heroes. Teenagers (11-14 years) - up to 1 hour. 14-18 years -2 hours. Very important is the selection of gear. Let the teenager argue the choice of the program or film, share with the parents what attracted him or what he learned through viewing. The time spent for joint viewing and discussion of what is seen becomes very important.