Six early childhood professionals (a pediatrician, a psychologist, a child psychiatrist, 2 teachers and a speech therapist) published an article on the World website in order to alert parents to the premature use of digital tablets. All draw the same observation: “the tablet causes serious disorders in children when it becomes the main stimulation tool“.
These experts call for the establishment of clear recommendations for the use of these tablets for children because of the disorders observed:
“We observe that intensive use of the tablet:
– increases attention disorders;
– delays the emergence of language;
– hinders the construction of the principle of causality and the first notions of time;
– impairs the development of fine and gross motor skills;
– interferes with appropriate socialization “they write.
The first signatory of this call, the psychologist Sabine Duflo, goes even further by asserting (in an interview on RMC) that the overexposure of children to these new digital tools is a “public health issue”. This psychologist who works in a medico-psychological center for children has observed “language delays, attention disorders or impulsivity” in children “mainly stimulated” by screens.
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