The easiest way to calm a child is to give him what he asks for, or an even more interesting thing.
Modern parents always have interesting things in their hands – gadgets. However, scientists do not recommend calming children down with the help of tablets or smartphones.
An international group of experts came to these conclusions.
Joint research on the topic of gadgets and children's whims was conducted by Canadian and Hungarian scientists.
The results of the work were published in Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
According to observations, parents often slip tablets or smartphones into the hands of capricious or simply upset children.
This is a simple and effective way to stop any tantrum.
The essence of the study was that observations of children were carried out with a difference of one year.
Scientists have concluded that trying to calm a child with a gadget led to the children being even worse at controlling their emotions a year later.
In short and simple words, the gadget does not solve the problem - it eliminates the hysteria, but not its cause.
Parents are advised to consider that their children should learn to deal with negative emotions rather than switch their attention to extraneous objects.
Previously, we talked about what games you can play with children of different ages.
