When can a child be allowed to watch TV? Is watching television harmful to my baby? Parents ask themselves these and other questions.
Can i watch TV from 0 to 3 years old?
According to the World Health Organization, parents need to introduce a ban on watching TV for a child under three years old. This will help preserve your baby's mental health. Your child develops in communication with parents, and not with the TV screen. Loud sound, fast speech, flickering frames and other "charms" of the TV will negatively affect the child's eyesight, the baby's nervous system. Such overload can lead to hyperactivity, developmental delays and other disorders of the central nervous system.
Watching commercials is also dangerous. Especially while feeding a baby. This damages your child's digestive system.
Watching TV for a child 3-7 years old
When your little one turns 3 years old, let him watch a Soviet cartoon, or a program about animals. When choosing programs to watch, remember that children compare themselves with their favorite characters and want to be like them. Offer your child to watch films with heroes that personify goodness, justice, love and care.
Try to watch TV with your child and comment on everything that happens on the screen. This will help your little one get the most out of what they see. Limit the viewing time to 20 - 30 minutes a day. This is the safe viewing duration. The maximum allowable viewing time is 40-50 minutes per day, with a break.
Consequences of excessive communication of the child with the TV
1. Lagging in the development of speech. Scientists have proven that a child does not perceive speech while watching a TV show, but only follows the pictures that replace each other. A baby's speech skills can only develop in communication with another person.
2. Emptiness, the need for new cartoons and games from the screen.
3. Hyperactivity, inability to perceive information by ear, attention deficit disorder, absent-mindedness.
4. No desire to engage in any activity. The child gets used to pressing a button and waiting for a new portion of entertainment. He does not want to act on his own, but passively waits.
