3 Substitute Activities For Phone Addiction Kids

JAKARTA - Nowadays, people, including parents and children, need gadgets to support their daily lives. It is difficult to avoid using smartphones, if used wisely, gadgets can indeed provide benefits for children.

Children can use gadgets for various purposes, such as studying, searching for information, playing games, watching educational films or shows, communicating, using social media, listening to music, and so on.

However, parents need to be careful not to let the device have a bad influence on the development of their children. "Accompany children when using them, consistently apply the rules for their use, both in terms of duration and activities carried out by children," said clinical psychologist of children and adolescents Adisti Fathimah Soegoto M.Psi, Psychologist, BFRP as quoted from ANTARA, Monday 7 November.

Smartphone addiction can have a negative impact on children. Adisti recommends some game ideas that parents can play with their children without having to use a smartphone. Here are 3 alternative activities that can be done.

Blowing foam bubbles

Parents can blow foam bubbles and ask the child to pop them with a certain body part. According to her, from this simple game, children learn how to follow the rules.

Cooking

The second idea is to play cooking. Parents can invite their children to do cooking activities in a safe environment by playing cooking together.

Roleplay

Finally, it can also be done by role-playing because children aged four to five years usually love role-playing. Various roles that can be played as doctors, policemen, firefighters, cashiers in supermarkets, and so on.

"Invite the children to decide what theme will be played this time, so that it will increase the child's imagination while playing," said Adisti.

The Brand General Manager of Early Learning Center Indonesia Mohit Nigam invites parents to spend time playing with their children.

According to him, increasing playing time with children from a young age will have many good impacts on children's growth, one of which is building a deeper emotional closeness.

"In addition, it can help reduce children's desire to play gadgets excessively," he said.