Can children watch TV?

Every household has a TV. The advent of television has brought a lot of fun to people, especially cartoons, which are more likely to attract children's attention. Many children like to sit very close to the TV when watching TV and can't stop watching. Parents should control the distance and time their children watch TV. Watching TV for too long can easily cause myopia, and the radiation from TV is relatively large. It is bad for children's health, so can children watch TV?

Can babies watch TV?

Generally speaking, newborns will show a strong interest in television when they are about 2 months old. If the TV is playing, the baby will usually spontaneously keep his eyes on the TV screen for a while. As babies grow older, their enthusiasm for TV may not decrease or fade, and they may even enjoy watching TV more and more. So can babies watch TV? The answer is yes, but it depends on the age group.

Scientific research has found that infants under 2 years old are not suitable for watching TV or videos; and children over 2 years old should control their TV watching time to less than 2 hours a day. In addition, parenting experts remind that the baby should not turn on the TV when breastfeeding or eating, and it is best not to place a TV in the children's room.

What are the benefits of watching TV for babies

1. Early childhood education courses can be effectively learned by watching educational programs or videos.

2. It can help you understand and learn various visual information, and promote the intellectual development of your brain.

3. It can provide a good language learning environment, which is conducive to expanding the baby's vocabulary and accelerating the development of language skills.

4. It can improve the baby's attention and strengthen their developmental perception ability.

What are the disadvantages of watching TV for babies?

1. The rapid changes of TV screens can easily cause eye fatigue in babies, affect the normal development of the eyes, and may damage the baby's vision.

2. The baby's hearing is not yet fully developed, and the noisy sound from the TV can easily cause fatigue and may harm the development of the auditory system.

3. Sitting still for a long time is not good for the body's blood circulation, affects physical development, and may cause children to become obese or thin and short.

4. If your baby is addicted to watching TV, he may lose interest in exploring the outside world, become unwilling to interact with others, and even develop autism.

5. It is easy for children to develop the habit of passively accepting knowledge and fail to cultivate the habit of reading, and they will become less willing to think about problems.

6. TV images cannot effectively stimulate the baby's brain cells and will affect the brain's development over time.

7. It reduces the time of parent-child communication and lacks direct emotional exchange, which will have an adverse impact on the child's physical and mental development.