Mobile phones have not been, for many years, just a means of communication. Thus, many people spend hours in front of bright screens. Unfortunately, psychologists claim, many of the users are children at a very young age.
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Specialists talk about a worrying phenomenon that is gaining more and more scope. Thus, many parents ended up seeking the help of psychologists, observing certain strange symptoms in their children.
“We have parents who thought they had children with autism”
Psychologists are sounding the alarm among parents and urging them to be very careful about the activities of their children, as many have ended up seeking the help of specialists because of technology.
Thus, there are even parents who believed, at one point, that minors suffer from autism.
“We have many cases of parents who end up asking us for help because their children don't communicate, they don't speak. We also had a mother, she called us desperately and told us that her little girl has autism, that she does not speak, does not play with other children. Of course, I consulted the child, who is perfectly normal. I just found out that the girl in question spends more than four hours on her mobile phone every day. They generally watch children's videos on YouTube or other platforms. Thus, she was not taught to communicate, to play, to relate. Hence the mother's concern, who did not understand what she had done wrong“, said the psychologist Andreea Coman.
Even children's content can be harmful
Psychologists claim that many parents claim that they only let their children watch content dedicated to minors. However, experts say that this type of content can also be extremely harmful, even if it is adapted for minors.
“First of all, any excess is harmful. It doesn't matter what the child watches on the Internet. Even if he watches cartoons for five hours a day, it's still not good. Even if the content is suitable for minors, we do not guarantee that it helps children to communicate. Children today are often raised by phones and televisions. A child who stays on the phone for several hours, instead of interacting with other people, will end up being very emotional, closed, unable to communicate, unable to convey his feelings. Basically, we condemn that child to loneliness. Thus, the child may have symptoms that lead us to think of autism. It is important for parents to be aware of these things and to return to healthier habits, to give the child due attention and to have, together, activities through which it develops harmoniously“, concluded the psychologist.
