The harmful effect of excess screen time among students

Thanks to the Covid 19 crisis, wherein children are restricted in their home their screen time either on their computer or mobile phone has increased dramatically.

As everything, right from studies to entertainment has shifted from physical to the virtual world, screen time also has increased proportionately. Many top schools in greater Faridabad who have witnessed this trend and are alarmed by the side effect it can cause to the students have conducted many meetings with the students and their parents to tell them about the side effects of increased screen time amongst kids. As the students are staying at their homes now due to a health emergency, it makes sense that the parents take greater responsibility to see whether their child is addicted to the digital world.

Here are some signs of mobile phone addiction that one of the best pre primary schools in greater Faridabad has shared with the parents of their students.

The warning sign showing addiction to mobile phones

here we have listed with you a few warning signs that would warn you well in advance that your child is addicted to his/her mobile phone and you must take immediate corrective measures.

1). You will see that your child after he/she wakes up immediately looks at his/her mobile phone.

2). If you take the mobile phone from your child, he/she throws temper tantrums.

3). Your child is always talking about any online game, videos or favourite shows that he/she watches on the mobile phone.

4). Your child does not seem to be interested in those things which he/she used to enjoy earlier.

Excessive watching your mobile device or continuously staring at the computer screen can cause a lot of harm to your body that including the following.

·         Physical strain to your eyes can in severe cases because blurred vision.

·         It affects their sleep pattern as the blue light emitted by your mobile devices interferes with the sleep hormone released by your body.

·         Risk of obesity and other associated health problems.

·         Loss of interest in studies and other physical exercises.

·         Loss in cognitive abilities.

·         Lack of socialisation skills.

·         Low self-esteem et cetera.

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