Your child's mental health might be in danger..

Author: Noha Ayman

Do you know that you are harming your kid and risking his/her mental health every day without even noticing?

Nowadays, with the evolution of technology and mobile phones. Parents depend on smartphones in a lot of aspects in their lives, as they spend most of their free time on social media and live streaming. However, they are not aware they are letting their kids to do the same. As they spend a lot of time on their smartphones. Unfortunately, a lot of parents are not aware of the negative impact of their children’s exposure to the smart phones. It leads to sleep disturbance as it makes them alert during bed time. As well as smart phones emit radiofrequency energy which is harmful for their brains which may lead to cancer.

Your child will be negatively affected by spending an hour per day using the smartphone, as they are still developing brains and half of mental health problems develop in childhood. The child long exposure to smartphones leads to depression, anxiety and addiction. Moreover, spending time on their smartphones will negatively affect the relationship between the child and the parent as they become more detached as they spend most of their times on their smartphones.

To conclude, parents should be aware to prevent their children from spending a lot of time using smartphones and social media. And to search for other alternatives instead like participating in a social activity or practice a new sport.