According to a survey by online retailer Pixmania, a quarter of British families now own tablets, and about half of parents said they would buy electronic devices for their children. 46% parents will buy Xbox or PlayStation games for their children, and 30% parents will buy MP3 music players or smart phones for their children.
At the same time, more than 70% of parents think that their children are too dependent on electronic products. According to the survey, children spend nearly 2 hours playing electronic products every day on average, more than a quarter of children spend more than 4 hours staring at the screen every day, and more than 10% of children under 4 years old often play tablet computers. Psychologists don't agree with parents' practice and think that children should not be exposed until at least 2 years old. Serge Tisron, a French child psychiatrist, said that the iPad can only provide colorful two-dimensional images and cannot provide complex sensory information to infants and children, so it is flawed. Nancy Linda, an American psychologist, believes that some iPad games are interactive, but they cannot replace interpersonal communication.
A survey in Britain shows that the number of children with language barriers has increased by 765,438+0% in the past six years. Language research experts believe that this is related to more electronic products such as smart phones and game consoles entering children's lives. Education experts worry that long-term use of electronic devices such as smart phones and computers may endanger children's reading and communication skills.
Some parents worry that the computer culture represented by iPad will make children lose interest in traditional games. French chef Jean-Philippe Vieira's three children are all under 10. He doesn't let children play computer and use mobile phones, and even watches TV for 20 minutes every Friday night.