Momo game is a game that we have been hearing about frequently lately, and it affects the psychology of children, causing them to harm themselves. It has been claimed that the game, which was previously thought to have spread via WhatsApp, has started to spread via You Tube for the last month. While children are watching a cartoon, a scary creature that suddenly appears in the middle of the movie gives the children some instructions and threatens them that if they do not follow these instructions, it will come and harm them. Unfortunately, families have begun to experience great anxiety due to this character who wants the child to harm himself as a result of the instructions he gives.
It is not yet clear who made this game, which, like the blue whale game that emerged in recent years, has begun to disrupt the psychology of children and families.
The police unit, which investigates crimes committed over the internet in Mexico, claimed that the Momo game started with a Facebook page, and that users showered insulting messages on a page with a Momo picture, and then threatening messages came through this site.
Youtube stated in its statement that the Momo game has no connection with YouTube video content and no connection was detected. They stated that such content was removed immediately and did not comply with YouTube conditions.
I think that the claims, whether it is a blue whale game or a momo game, are important warnings about how careful we should be about the internet and technology. Unfortunately, today, due to the addiction to technology, addiction is rapidly developing, especially in our children. This developing addiction is at least as dangerous as the dangerous contents we have listed above in the long run.
HOW CAN WE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THE HARMS OF THE INTERNET?
Unfortunately, the screen The amount of time spent alone is increasing for both parents and children. With the introduction of smart phones into our lives, we have almost never lifted our heads from the phone screen, and it is inevitable that our children who see this situation and are in the social learning phase will exhibit similar behavior.
If our children are away from the internet, phones and computers. If we want to keep it safe, we, as adults, must first minimize our relationship with television. Unfortunately, the development of dependence on technological devices in the globalizing world reveals the idea that we cannot do without them, and our minds remain stuck on these devices even when we want to get away from them. Technology addiction should be treated just like a substance addiction. Unfortunately, although we think we have control, we have often already lost control.
In particular, the age at which children access the internet should be increased to 7 years old at the earliest. Even if it is safe content, contact with the screen should be kept to a minimum as much as possible. Internet use should be allowed for a maximum of half an hour a day, and the places where the child surfs the Internet should be kept under surveillance.
We should never forget that the healthy form of communication will be face to face, not through a screen, and we should reintroduce street games, where face-to-face communication prevails, into our children's lives.
It should be known that the content that children watch on the screen is not appropriate. The information they learn here, which is not appropriate for their age, causes children to enter into an internal conflict. In addition, it is inevitable to develop addiction in a short time due to the dopamine hormone secreted while in front of the screen.
After a while, the child who constantly sits in front of the screen begins to experience laziness, depressive symptoms, inactivity, and weight problems.
The child's imagination ability decreases, his capacity to cope with difficulties does not develop, and his sense of responsibility does not develop when he starts spending time in front of the screen. Children living in the world created by the virtual world have difficulty establishing friendships and often become lonely.
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