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| Need to mend habits of children | | | The outbreak of COVID-19 in the beginning of 2020 led to children shifting to online mode of education. It helped the students to remain in touch with the books but it had its own side effects, children became addicted to smartphones and tabs.
More than studies, children spent time playing online games. Despite pandemic coming to an end the younger generation is glued to various online games and unfortunately bad habits have set in. Greater depths of focus are needed in some games which elucidate the kind of threat they present to society.
Real-world penalties in these games include a reduction in social life and the wrath of the player’s families. These games take a lot of concentration as some involve teamwork.
Parents are worried as these games relate to violence which causes behavioral changes as a consequence. They are also worried, truly so, that there is excessive screen time with learning impairment and behavioral issues in children. These games create wrong precedents and breed violent thoughts and criminal behavior in young minds.
Fears of violent games having social consequences are not misplaced, the government should initiate a social advocacy programme against their use. It would be wrong if people are punished for playing a video game as it would lend support to those contending that it affects privacy and freedoms. The need of the hour is to form an online ethics review committee to monitor the entertainment software content from time to time in this context.
Parents have to ensure there is a need to cut down screen time and it can be done telling children how sedentary activities affect their overall health. They need to talk to them about things they can do to be healthier.
Parents need to ensure that children are kept away from mobile phones. Another habit which children need to give up is that they should not allow their children to eat while playing games on mobiles. There is a need to involve children in other activities, such as family board games, puzzles, or going for a walk.
The parents have to become role models and there is a need to decrease screen time by them also. One may find it difficult to start with but parents need to challenge the routines which have set bad precedents of excessive screen-time activities. |
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