What do you think about children who are addicted to gadgets?

When even the schools here give the kids gadgets to do their school work on, what do you think parents are going to do? Everything in this country is already geared to people using gadgets... most work is done on a laptop, tablet or phone. Most people are becoming more inclined to "talk" with friends over gadgets rather than face-to-face or even sending texts instead of calling them. I make, on average, five phone calls in a month. I send, on average, 2,000 texts in a month and receive a lot more than that.

Here children are same too , they even eat food while watching the mobile screen. It effects their eyes and studies . well parents should fix some mobile screen time and should take care of their children

Keep a safe distance from eyes and at least 25cm, nowadays many underage children wear glasses.

this is happening everywhere. The pandemic seems to increase this more to the next level because all the students are mostly required to have a gadget that they can use either for communication or for school work. Nowadays, they cannot seem to have schoolwork based on paper and pen alone.

Children who addicted to gadgets? Bad. Only that. It is not wrong to expose them to gadgets, but it is wrong to let them do what they wish to gadgets. That's why even younger people nowadays have eye problems than us. Even my cousin's children wear almost 400+ degree glasses at high school. I am in my university, and not even wear glasses yet.

We cant avoid it, its part of lifestyle now, the only thing we can do as parents, just make sure our kids use it to study on the weekdays and on weekend they can spend more time on gadgets. Remember, children see children do, so as adult we have to be a role model for them, we have to remember that we spend most of our time on our phone too, and kids see that, right?

I think they miss too much of life that way honestly.

I think it is bad The pandemic push them too use gadget, even kindergarten But someday, internet and electric will go down, and that is the plot twist of all this drama

I have a friend whose daughter is addicted to her mobile phone. It’s pretty irritating for me because the little girl does not eat food without the phone and YouTube, she does not play, she won’t talk. Nothing. Once we went in a restaurant and her mother refused to give her the phone. The little girl was yelling and screaming and not eating food and she went on everyone’s table picked their cutlery and threw them around which was pretty annoying and embarrassing

I see that in my country and in my own younger grandchildren. I can´t say anything to them. I don´t like it.

I think the parents need to start leaving those kids somewhere else

It's common in my country, too, but parents should set limits and provide educational games. To me, reading and playing outdoors is more important.

Children should be groomed or trained to what extent they should stick to a gadget. The TV came when we were young. My parents and we did control our children how long and what should we watch on a TV. It's the grooming that will do away with addiction.

I think parents can do something. Engage the kids in other activities such as go hiking with them; let them learn painting or playing some musical instruments; attend concerts with them; encourage them to play basketball, football or badminton. If they are busy with so many activities, they won't be just playing gadgets.

I also notice this with the new generation that are more inclined with using gadgets and being on the screen more than actually doing physical activities. I understand that the pandemic somehow added to this, yet even without the pandemic, as most entertainment and distractions can be accessed with these gadgets that have internet access, it is an inevitability. Parents should be vigilant in training their children to have balanced time for gadgets and actual activities that are essential for their growth. This means parents as well need to be examples for this and not just dictating instructions to their children but be also the ones who don't follow what they want to impose on their children's welfare. We understand that certain things are easier and much convenient in using these gadgets, but there is also consideration to what is permissible and what is actually beneficial. For harsher methods, just deny them internet access.

I think it is the nature... Frankly, in fact not only children are addicted to gadgets, but also the adults.

Not a good thing to be addicted to.

This is on the parents. They should not allow children to spend all day on gadgets.

Unfortunately, you are largely right. Sometimes I see in my children that it absorbs them. In my case, they don't take their phones with them to school, they have to take a break from the computer and phone from time to time and I check it, I often take part in various activities myself. We go out for a walk, do household chores together, read. I don't think you can stop them from using these gadgets, but give them them for a certain period of time, not all day long.

The parents must limit their kids to use gadgets. Otherwise it will not productive.