SCREEN TIME IN LOCK DOWN PERIOD : HOW TO COPE ???
Hope you and your family are doing well and are safe. Many of my patient's mothers are very worried about the increased screen time of their kids during this lock down period . They call me to suggest ways to keep their kids away from the visual display terminals. In these times of lock down, screen time has increased kind of exponentially especially for the kids as the schools are having online classes for 3-4 hours per day and we cannot let them go outside to play, so even recreation is limited to playing games of the computer and watching TV . Few suggestions as to how to cope with this situation 1. Instead of watching TV or computer continuously, break it into small intervals of half an hour followed by a break 2. Involve the child in art and craft activities 3. Play some board games with them 4. If your children knows Yoga, ask them to do for yoga for sometime or just play some music and they can dance. This will also ensure some physical activity 5. Give