Nowadays it is very important to teach children how to behave in front of a computer. If you have kids, you know that they can pass a lot of time playing, chatting, doing homeworks... and for that, they should know how to sit, when to make a break... For parents who don’t want, in the future, that their children have health problems as backache or vision issue, following some counsels. Of course those ones can also be applied for us. Children sit in front of the computer as if they sit in front of the table when they eat for example. I mean, they wriggle, squirm, bend… at the end, the only thing they will get it is some pains on the back and on the shoulders. |
To prevent it or at least to reduce it, the best is to position the seat in order to have the eyes as the same level at the top of the screen and of course the seat should have a back. If the kid is too little and his feet can´t touch the floor, put a footrest or books. To support the low back, use a sweater rolled around the waist. And tell them to stretch legs regularly.
Like you know, the screen is the worst enemy for the eyes and we pass all the time fixing it which cause us to wink approximately 5 times fewer than the normal and also to keep them wide opened exposing the eyeballs to the air. The consequences, some sensation of embarrassment, the impression to have dried eyes…
To avoid it, kids should make some breaks by raising his eyes of the screen regularly. You can use artificial tears for example to remove the sensation of dried eyes. Other thing you can do it is to put a screen filter which will help to have less tired eyes.
Everyone has been kids before so you should know how it is so easy for them to get totally absorbed by a game, a chat… which can conduct to a total dependency and loneliness and that, it is something that all parents have to avoid.
This situation is a little sensitive because you should make sure to not forbid something which can lead to an inverse effect meanwhile you have to remain watchful. Using the computer for entertainment should not overcome the homework time, sport… so it is necessary to make them conscious to use it in a reasonable way and in comfortable conditions.
Children are capable to spend the whole night in front of the computer since they don’t have any notion about the time so to say “stop, I’m going to sleep”. This causes that majority of kids go to bed very late and at the end, when they go to school, they can’t keep the eyes opened and consequently they loss interest.
Of course, you are not going to let your kids playing very late but the best it is to schedule their time, tell them when and until which time they can use the computer and after, sweet dream.
Following some tricks:
- don’t put the computer in front of a window, imagine how fatal can it be if rain is entering
- reduce the volume when kids are using it, it will increase his attention
- avoid absolutely to seat a kid in front of a notebook, the position is worst than in front of the computer
- if kids are wearing glasses, try always to choose anti-reflection glasses, it is more pleasant for the work on screen
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