Children today are more skilled use of various gadgets. No wonder if it is not even a 2 year old child had been fond of playing a variety of exciting applications and games on the iPad.
Special applications for toddlers are now widely available, such as Baby Touch: Peekabo or Fish Games, an average claim charged educative. Some even promise useful applications to improve hand-eye coordination and focusing ability of infants to toddlers age 2.5 years.
The parents were not afraid to let their baby fun tinkering with gadgets because they can make them quick smart kid. Preoccupation of children to parents also used the gadget for a moment to rest or do something else. The term is a digital babysitter.
However, is that what the iPad as safe for children's development? Recently, experts from The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents returning to limit the time they are toddlers, especially those who are younger than 2 years old, in front of the television screen.
In published reports, the researchers found that TV time is too long will interfere with "the talk" between children and parents, which is very important for speech development of children.
Are the effects of watching TV too long to play a iPad? It is not yet clear. "We do not have the data," said dr.Ari Brown, pediatrician and member of the AAP.
Effects that may arise depending on the way of use. According to Tanya Altmann, a pediatrician and author of Mommy Calls, your child should be the same when using the iPad as a guide to television.
"Basically, the iPad app is the latest version of the video game we often play a young child. Because it may not be much benefit to the child, "he said.
Besides applications in advanced gadgets that are considered not to teach children the skills crucial as they can get from the world of three dimensions.
"There is a game application building blocks, but of course we do not want this to replace the real thing. Babies have to learn from the real world, "said Dr.Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle, USA.
Although the experts agreed about the benefits of a toddler playing gadget, but for older children it's proven applications educational games can have a positive impact. In a study by the U.S. Department of Education Martha Speaks proven applications in the iPhone improve your vocabulary children aged 3-7 years to 31 percent in two weeks.
Rose Luckin, Professor of the University of London, find gadgets such as tablet PC could increase social interaction central to the learning process. He found children aged 5-6 years who recorded the daily activities at the school on the tablet PC and show it to the parents, tend to learn better.
"The positive benefits of technologies like the iPad is able to increase the focus on communication between parents and children," he said.
Also according to Luckin, use moderation is key. "If the kids just sit for hours playing with the iPad, I'm not sure he will be able to benefit. This tool can enhance parent-child interaction, not just away, "he said.
If parents only had limited time with their children, experts advise to turn off gadgets at home rather than let their children engrossed alone.
"We know that parents can not be with my son 24 hours. But at certain times of restricted we can let children explore their own game. We can not let him be stimulated externally at any time, "says Altmann.
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