Question: What is the present thinking about children spending more than 2-3 hours playing games on the computer or watching tv daily.I am sure this is a problem in Malaysia as its in Australia where I live.I am sure your mothers will be very interseted in your thoughts. Dr.N.Para
Answer: Thank you Dato’ Dr. Paramaesvaran. This is a really good suggestion Dato’ and we shall write soon, hopefully a BM article on this so that it reaches out to more parents out there. It is certainly an important topic especially in this day and age where TV and video games become babysitter. Perhaps we shall include in the article the AAP guidelines ; all children below the age of 2 should avoid watching TV as much as possible, if not at all. And older children should be limited to only 1-2 hours a day. I believe in Malaysia, and other parts of the world this is certainly not the case, in fact kids are spending more than 7 hours of screen time per day. Especially so nowadays, with the use of electronic devices and iPad. Many parents do not know the link, that it causes sleeping, eating and behavioural problems.