WAYS TO CONTROL THE USE OF GADGETS AMONG CHILDREN

Technology keep moving forward, the effects from this progress is the amount of
gadget to ease our life increased. Even though the gadgets help us in many ways, the side
effects to our young generations are quite bad too. Parent should be more responsible in this
case. So how parents can control the use of gadgets among children? Thus are the ways
how parents can control their children from use gadgets.

Firstly, parent should be a good example. Parent can avoid from using the gadgets
in front of the children, spontaneously the children will follow the behaviour of their parent
because “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. Parent can read newspaper in front of
them instead of read it on the smartphones. Children will learn it by watching their parent and
this is also or their development.

Secondly, introducing to the children about risks of use gadgets beyond their limit.
Tell them more detail about the bad side of using gadget such as lack of physical activity. It is
important for children to children’s know about the risks that can caused by using gadget
uncontrollable.

Lastly, aware of children’s time using the gadgets. Time management is important
for them if they growing up with unmanageable time because of using gadgets too much,
they will end up as a failure. Time schedule is to limit their time of using gadgets. Parent also
can bring children do more of activities that can maintain healthy bonding between family
members.

In conclusion, parent should be more aware about the gadget that their children use
especially when they are in the phase of curiosity, they will search everything to answer their
curiosity and this will exposed them with unnecessary information. Parent should not let the
children live with gadget as normal life we have to teach them to live without depending to
gadget