What impact do movies and video games have on children?
jonny vince
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With technological advancements, they are spending less time with friends and family.
@john_michael123 Yes, they can spend quality time with their family if they know it's worth it
@john_michael123 Indeed, children are spending less time with their families. My son and I used to often play spider solitaire online, but now that there are other computer games, only I play solitaire. He spends time in League of Legends. This game seems cruel to me and I am against it. He likes it. And I still think that games used to be about development and that was the right thing to do.
They are lacking social skills.
@daniel_jacob1 It will show signs of depression in them.
Time spent away from family, schoolwork, and other interests.
There will be less reading.
@zeeshan121 Thank you for sharing your thoughts
As someone who is actively into Psychology and literally does research every other day for a newsletter, trust me it has a huge one.
Especially on children whose pre-frontal cortex hasn't formed in the young age, it does have certain impacts.
I think, more than anything, it encourages the notion that the best entertainment/interactions come through technology, which simply isn't the case. I always hear mixed evidence on how the specific content affects developing brains.
@paul_vanzandt there are always another side of the picture.
I think children are spending more time on entertainment part instead of doing indoor activities, especially in recent corona time. also, many children are becoming more creative as earlier
@harshit_chawla Respect your thoughts.
games may not be my concern, per se (I have two young-ish boys), but in retrospect, I wish we hadn't ok'd laptops in their room...because they live in increasing isolation
@camille_landau Right. Modern technology has isolated the youngsters from what will call life.
I think, in moderation, video games are a great thing. They teach a ton of situational awareness, challenge people to make decisions (often on a global scale), help deal with mental challenges, and develop creativity. Same goes for TV - good series are highly philosophical and thought-provoking. So, if a parent spends some time helping kids analyze and interpret TV content, that could be really formative.
90s kids spent way more time with friends, family, or just being outside. Today's kids - not that much. But still, these things are good for language and cognitive skills but surely not the best idea for building social skills which are probably. the most important part of our lives.
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Sharing the result of some extensive research I did on this topic (for my personal interest as a parent of 3 young children and for my startup):
- there is evidence of adverse effects of screen time on children related to obesity.
- there is very clear evidence of developmental gaps consecutive to excessive (> 3 or 4 hours per day) consumption from an early age.
- some more recent studies on brain development also point out such negative effects even from 1 - 2 hours per day. But it seems the "way to consume screen content" has also to be considered - such as co-watching videos with an adult.
Many pediatrics consider that screen time is a missed opportunity for small children. At an age when their brain is developing the most, they need to spend time exploring, experimenting, and discovering the world with all their senses, which does not really happen when just sitting in front of a video. According to the 2020 survey by Common Sense, kids in the US will have spent one full year of their active time watching videos/playing video games by the age of 8... that's a lot of time they could have spent doing something else, that would have been beneficial to stimulate their growth as a whole!
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Too much time spent in isolation playing video games will have a negative impact. Looking back, I'm glad that my parents only allowed me to play The Sims for a maximum of 45 minutes per day...young me definitely wasn't happy with that decision though!
It depends on which movies they watch and games they play, but, nevertheless, it has a negative impact on them. I limited access to TV for my children. I think they should spend more time playing and communicating with other children. Sunday is our family movie day when they can choose a movie and we watch it together. Here https://www.firestickhow.com/bes... we found Kodi and now we use only this streaming service to watch something.
Minecraft downloaded from the pirate bay is great for kids! There are online clubs that get together and do all kinds of learning-based activities. Not that you'd have to do that all the time. That's the great part. There are so many ways to play! Survival, creative, modded (where there are hundreds of more options).
Plus, while you're helping your child with this, they'll learn all about how to install texture packs, launchers, and mods, which is a really cool easy way to be introduced into file manipulation basics. I've played games with my son since just before he turned 2, and he's pretty darn good at a lot of things most kids his age don't know anything about (that doesn't play Minecraft lol).
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Studies of children exposed to violent media have shown that they may become numb to violence, imitate the violence, and show more aggressive behavior. Younger children and those with emotional, behavioral or learning problems may be more influenced by violent images. Source https://asumetech.com/category/h...
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