What is
the benefit and danger of children using tablet
Nowadays,
the first import technology that has a deep impact on kids in the modern family
is neither television nor desktop computer. A Nielsen survey of adults with
children under the age of 12 in tablet-owning households states that 70% of
those children use a tablet
(http://www.examiner.com/article/finally-a-tablet-market-for-children-ages-3-12).
As we all know that, tablet computer is the popular digital technology now. Is
it a good phenomenon?
Why do
children usually love to use tablet? First of all, using tablet computer is
more comfortable than desktop computer, even notebook computer. Tablet computer
is a mini computer that has a large touch screen, which is the feature that
smart phone cannot replace, even though
it has similar function. Children can use the tablet
everywhere easily, when compared to traditional computer, tablet computer
can download apps to play or learn. Downloading apps is convenient, and there
are lots of apps for entertainment or education.
There
are videos all around the internet that shows the broad range of apps for these
purposes.
For example, this videochooses ten free apps for the children that is
strongly recommend. Using the apps, children can learn ABC, the
number, names of the animals and so on. Therefore, tablet can replace
some books or educating tools that their parents buy for their children.
Also,
if parents download the official Youtube apps, they can search for kids TV
programs for their child and they can watch the TV programs any time. Other
than education purposes, apps store (or Google play store) also have lots of
various interesting game, such as FIFA 14 or candy crush.
It can make children
to forget their desktop computer. For the parents, tablets are usually cheaper
than the PC or Notebook, which most of the family can afford and willing to buy
for their children. Therefore, it is not a surprise from the research that many
children are using these tablet computers..
However,
there are some dangers in using tablet that children must remind. A well
financial control is the one of the remind of using tablet. In the apps store,
some of the apps should be pay to download it. Moreover, some apps will
require to pay the additional amount to open extra function. Parents
should prevent their children to over-spending. (http://www.labnol.org/software/prevent-kids-from-buying-apps/), this
article is talking about how to prevent kids to buy apps in app store, it may
be an effective way to prevent overspending. Also, same as the traditional
computer, if children spend many hours continuously in using tablet, they will
likely suffer eye strain. On the other hand, Psychological, kids will addict on
playing games in tablet. So not only the finance, parents also require to limit
the using hours of their kids. Otherwise, it is the barrier of their growth,
such as lack of the physical development.
In
fact, no matter the children using what, parents should take care them
carefully, it is the only way that help children growth properly.
