The result of a study that included 12 thousand families .. and called for monitoring

23% of the games on children's phones in Sharjah are combat

The use of entertaining and educational games to raise children's cognitive outcome.

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A field study carried out by the Child Safety Department of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah said that 89% of the families in the Emirate of Sharjah that were included in the study confirmed the presence of electronic games on their children's phones connected to the Internet. Safe Internet and social networking sites », 12 thousand and 344 families.

The study, which “Emirates Today” obtained its results, indicated that 85.11% of the games on children's phones are educational and entertainment games, and 52% are adventure games, while it revealed that 40.52% are construction and construction games, while 23.59% went to combat games. , As the results revealed a high degree of awareness on the part of parents regarding the need to ensure the contents that their children receive.

The results of the study showed that using the Internet for children gave them new positive behaviors, as they found a correlation between children's behavioral changes and their recreational, educational, and construction-related games.

The study showed that children who play this type of games increased their cognitive output and developed communication skills and speed of performance. The results also showed a correlation between families that use protection programs and their children playing positive games on their internet-connected devices.

The study found that downloading adventure and fighting games on the child's devices is related to the type of social media that members of the sample allow their children to use. The percentage of children who use these games is less in relation to the uses of social media sites, such as “YouTube” and “Facebook”, blogs and forums, and in At the same time, the concerned institutions and families called for monitoring adventure and fighting games, and ensuring that they are free of any contents that could negatively affect children.

The implementation of the study was supervised by the Child Safety Department, under the directives and direct support of the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah.

The study aimed to identify the methods and forms of intervention practiced by families to ensure the safe use of the Internet by children, as it relied on a questionnaire of a sample of citizens and residents in the city of Sharjah, consisting of 12 thousand and 344 families, within a time range that extended over a period of 14 months.

• Positive games were associated with household use of protection and surveillance programs.

• 85% of the games on children's phones are educational and entertainment, and 52% are adventures.

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