Recommendations for Parents Who Want Their Children to Establish a Balance in Their Relationship with Technology
It is a wrong attitude to completely ban or give children complete freedom to stay away from technological devices. Therefore, the ideal thing is to set limits according to the child's age, internet content and duration. In this way, the child will both keep up with the developing world and will not get internet addiction.
Do not let your child become an internet addict!
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Parents should not be in front of the computer. or watching children spend a lot of time on the phone screen, they become addicted more easily. Therefore, be an example to your child first and check your other addictions, if any. (TV addiction, etc.)
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When a guest comes to your home, do not talk loudly about how cleverly your child uses the tablet. Because in this case, the child will be happy to be glorified and you will be one step closer to creating the addicted individual of the future
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Smartphone, tablet, etc. to silence the child, prevent him from getting bored, and feed him. Never use tools such as. Not only the physical needs but also the emotional needs of the child must be met correctly by parents.
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No matter what purpose technology is used for, a daily time limit must be set. From time to time, in exceptional cases, the time limit may be stretched.
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Change your child's daily internet usage hours. Prepare a weekly internet usage table. And create a plan according to this table.
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Constantly telling the child things like you are incompetent, you cannot succeed; It creates a constant feeling of winning and achieving something. The environment where this can be achieved most easily is the environment where there is a computer, phone or tablet. If you do not appreciate your child in the family or do not say good job to him, the fact that he earns gold coins, points, confetti and levels up every time he beats computer games provides him with a feeling of satisfaction.
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Listen to your child's needs. Observe the emotional state in life, family relationships and social environments
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“Please let me play for 5 more minutes” don't fall for the pleas. Those 5 minutes can become 5 hours, then you wonder "where am I going wrong?" You ask yourself.
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Direct your children to hobbies that suit their interests and abilities. Make an effort to get him involved in activities such as painting, music, dance and sports. A child who is happy and satisfied with his social life will stay away from the virtual environment.
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Spend quality time with your child, play games with him, sing songs, produce something together. Do not let it replace gaming hours.
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The virtual environment is very lively and colorful. Fight it; Be more fun.
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Make him offers after he finishes his game. For example: After the game, shall we play together in the park, paint a picture, go to the market, water the flowers together, will you help me cook after the game, shall we bake a cake for your father when the game is over? etc.)
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Have him write down the activities he wanted to do but did not have the opportunity to do in a notebook, and ask him to do one of the things he wrote when he feels a strong desire to use the internet.
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Ask the child to set an alarm before entering the virtual environment, make an agreement with the child, and as soon as the alarm goes off, remind the child of the agreement and close the game.
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Computer, tablet and If time spent on the phone is used as reward or punishment, these will become very important in the child's life. Do not constantly threaten not to turn on the computer, not give away the phone, or ban the television. Just teach to be controlled.
Remember, a child cannot be dependent on himself; Wrong attitudes and behaviors that encourage him to do this lead him there. And when parents are not aware of this, wounds that affect the child's future and cannot be repaired begin to occur.
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