Excessive media consumption in children slows development of language and is associated with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, doctors say. This danger is particularly acute as more young children play with their parents' phones.Instead of flipping pages of books full of pictures, the number of young children clicking on touch screens is increasing today, a development that is ringing the alarm among doctors. For decades, parents have warned children not to get "square eyes" after watching television for a long time. A study in Germany showed that about 70 percent of pre-school children play with smartphones for more than half an hour a day. Dr. Ove Bosching, who presided over a recent annual conference of the German Pediatric Association, says young children "have nothing to do with using the smartphone. It is known that excessive media consumption slows language development and is related to Attention Deficit Disorder with hyperactivity. Doctors advised parents with young children to consult those concerned about the dangers of digital media consumption as a precaution against electronic addiction. On the other hand, many pediatricians are already alerting children and adolescents to these risks during their medical examinations. The findings on the consumption of digital media among children from one to six years of age are part of an ongoing study that began last year. So far, the study to assess the consumption of digital media among children up to the age of 13 has evaluated the results of early screening tests for more than 3,000 children as well as dialogues with their parents.
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