Attention should be paid to the problem of minors' screen swiping addiction (people's attention)
After school started, Ms. Zhou, who lives in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, encountered an annoying problem: "The child reads short videos every day, but he doesn't listen to what he says. After finishing his homework, he hurriedly holds his mobile phone." In order to facilitate the contact between home and school, Ms. Zhou gave the first year of children bought a new mobile phone, but unexpectedly they became addicted to short videos.
Ms. Zhou was very anxious about this: "The content of the short video is varied, and the mobile phone is in his own hands, and parents can't keep an eye on it. The child is in a critical period of learning and growth, and his academic performance will definitely decline at this rate. Be anxious!"
When I inquired about the parent group, there are quite a few such troubles: "Too many short videos, children are easily addicted, and it is difficult to calm down and study" "The children are in a period of rebellion, and it is easy to quarrel when they talk too much" "Big data algorithm Recommend similar content to make children more and more addicted"... Open the mobile application mall, various short video applications are mixed, and they are often listed as "must be installed".
"There are countless short video platform software on mobile phones now, not to mention children, adults sometimes don't finish reading." Children's addiction to short videos has become a headache for many parents.
Not long ago, the reporter conducted a survey in many middle schools in Hangzhou and found that nearly 90% of students have the habit of using short video platforms. Nearly half of the parents said that their children are more or less addicted to short videos. Adolescent growth has serious implications.
Concerned about the content of short videos, parents mainly focus on negative internet celebrities and malicious hype.
Some parents said that being addicted to short videos is like "boiled frogs in warm water". "Everything is available on the Internet. I'm afraid that over time, from emotions to learning to the formation of values, all aspects of children's growth will be negatively affected to varying degrees."
"Nowadays teenagers have lived in an online environment since childhood, and the content and methods of learning and life are inseparable from the Internet." said Yang Qun, director of the Department of Psychology, School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, "Short videos spread quickly and have a wide range of audiences. It is unrealistic to completely avoid short videos, and there are also many healthy and positive content on short videos. But regardless of whether the content is healthy or not, the phenomenon of swiping addiction will bring serious negative effects on the body and mind of teenagers, especially some Teenagers are also keen to imitate the images and actions of the characters in the short videos, which further affects their healthy growth.”
How to prevent teenagers from swiping addiction?
Yang Qun believes that prevention should be the first priority. A warm family atmosphere, good social support, healthy hobbies, positive emotional coping strategies and moderate mobile phone use are all protective factors against addiction.
It is also necessary to create a healthy online environment for young people. Yang Qun suggested that relevant departments should increase the management and supervision of short video platforms, purify short video content, further standardize online live broadcasts, and give young people a healthy and green short video space.
"To prevent minors from indulging in short videos, it is far from enough to rely on relevant departments to strengthen supervision. Parents should play a more important role in this." Xu Zewei, secretary of the Party Committee of the Beijing Internet Finance Industry Association, said whether minors should use Mobile phones, as well as the frequency and habits of mobile phone use, as the child's first teacher, parents must first play their role as role models, spend more time with their children, and control the time they spend watching short videos in front of their children.
"Strengthen education before children are about to touch mobile phones, so that children know the dangers of excessive use of mobile phones, especially to form a correct understanding of short videos." Xu Zewei said, "As long as the education is proper, it can completely achieve the effect of keeping children away from short videos or even not using mobile phones. , put limited energy on study and life."
"To prevent minors from being addicted to swiping, it is necessary to increase their hobbies in reality and improve children's interpersonal skills, so that the probability of indulging in short videos will be greatly reduced." Yang Qun said that extracurricular activities can also be enriched, and extracurricular activities can be enriched in their spare time. broaden knowledge.
"Of course, the positive significance of short videos on children's learning and creation should not be excluded." Yang Qun said that teenagers are not only audiences, but also participants, producers and publishers. Parents should encourage them to make and publish some interesting videos. Meaningful short videos, learning while creating, thereby stimulating children's creativity and also helping to divert attention.