Abstract
United States of America (USA), Australia, and Canada recommending children computer-use should be imperfect. It obligated a strong influence on children s lives. The problem was for stuck in the computer-use for a long time per day. The goal was to follow child-health in the Arab-community to notice its influence on the child-health. The method was through a arithmetical study by sending Internet questionnaire and receiving the parents' advice. The results were in the 500 parent answers and 14 comments. The first was "You have a child up to 13 years old?"; 83.6%. The second was "Your child used a computer?"; 80.8%. The third was "Your child used the computer for a long time?"; 67.9%. The fourth was "The computer caused a health problem for your child?"; 70.3%. The fifth was "The computer caused your child mental disorder?"; 68.5%. The sixth was "The computer caused your child trouble seeing?"; 77.2%. The seventh was "The computer caused your child trouble sleeping?"; 72.0%. The eighth 8 was "The computer caused your child feeding problem?"; 69.5%. The ninth was "The computer caused your child family relationship problem?", 72.0%. The tenth was "Prevent your child from using the computer to protect his health?"; 79.0%. It was concluded that the extent of the harms of child computer-use from a health and psychological point. They have young and sensitive tissues. The computer-use affected them, child-health. It was recommended the parents instructions will protect children from the computer-use for long periods. That will reduce child-health and psychological problems.
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Nasser M. Al-Subaie Rahgad, et al.
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Introduction
Computer-use is the most general activity for children Spending more time had more behavioural problems and sleep difficulties and lower psycho-social health The problematic of the study was for children under 13 years old are stuck in the computer-use for a long time during the day. The goal was to trail up children in the Arab-community to notice what computer causing by its impact on the child-health in time of use, which leading to health problem. The disorder represented in the mind, vision, sleep, nutrition, and family relationship. Did the parents follow the policy of preventing the computer-use to preserve the child-health? The method used to be through a statistical study by sending questionnaire via the Internet and receiving the parents' advice. The “Study Skill” was used safely on the parents have children up to 13 years old. The “Planned Physical” was prepared the questionnaires for the paper aims; ( The “Related Assessments” was used for study diffidence. The “Reaching review question consequences” were collected, then the "Excel Package” clear the consequence Questionnaire from the internet: The result of an online questionnaire was from the participation of 500 parents. They contributed to the results in terms of answering the questions. That was in order to investigate what was behind the child computer-use for long periods, which affects the child in Arab-community ( the results were in the parent answers about 500 persons ( Comments of the watcher: The result of an online comment was from the participation of 14 watchers ( Excessive computer-use negatively affects the health of the child; It causes headaches and gradual visual impairment as a result of constant eye strain and exposure to tablet or computer rays, as well as affecting the muscles of the hands by way of consequence of holding one position for long periods, and leads to bone weakness, especially the spine and back. Sitting for long periods at the computer leads to vision problems and pain in the vertebrae and back, and it can also lead to headaches and headaches. In the case of sitting on the Internet without benefit, this is considered a waste of time and comes at the expense of work or study. Leads to neglecting the basic aspects of life and not achieving success. Although technology helps children acquire huge amounts of knowledge, it has many negative effects; Such as social isolation, diseases such as obesity, depression, computer syndrome, as well as increased neck concavity of computer users. Therefore, those who are older than the child should always watch the child. Excessive use of electronic games may expose the child to many harms; Because the frequent use of computers and tablets affects the health of the eyes and brain. Increased use of tablets and computers leads to a loss of social relationship and family bonding between the child, his parents and those around him, and the child becomes withdrawn and unable to communicate with others. Excessive use of tablets or computers by children leads to delayed mental development; What results in forgetfulness, distraction, poor concentration, and lethargy in brain functions. This, of course, affects the child's attention, as well as the academic level and educational attainment. Children and computers are almost inseparable these days. Many school-aged and even preschool children spend hours in front of a computer every day, it's worth considering the effects of computers on your children's eyes and vision. Computer dangers for children. But too much of anything can be a problem. Children who spend long hours in front of the computer have a higher risk of developing problems with computer vision syndrome. In addition, excessive exposure to blue computer light damages the eyes due to high-energy visible light, which may increase the risk of injury to the child. They may develop macular degeneration later in life or put them at risk of progressive myopia. When a child plays computer games, his desire duties required of him decreases, and his motivation for traditional games decreases, and this affecting the child's practical life. Excessive use of technology negatively affects the health of the child. It causes headaches and gradual visual impairment as a result of constant eye strain and exposure to tablet or computer rays, as well as affecting the muscles of the hands as a result of holding one position for long periods, and leads to bone weakness, especially the spine and back. The frequent sitting of the child for hours in front of a computer or mobile phone to browse the Internet leads to poor eyesight, headaches and bone aches, especially since his body is still in the stage of formation, and may also lead to obesity and related diseases, especially if he does not exercise any sport at other times. One of the most important negatives of the Internet for children is that it works to lose the child’s confidence in himself and weaken his personality, and it also exposes the child to getting to know many ideas, some of which are wrong, especially strange beliefs and cultures that are not compatible with his society and environment. It was concluded from the results, the extent of the harms of child computer-use from a health and psychological point of view. It was found that children, as they have young and sensitive tissues, so the computer-use affected them, which affected the child-health. It was recommended following the instructions from the parents and will protect children from the computer-use for long periods. So that will reduce child-health and psychological problems. Sent thanks a lot to all parents had reply the questionnaire.
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You have a child up to 13 years old
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Your child used a computer
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Your child used the computer for a long time
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The computer caused a health problem for your child
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The computer caused your child mental disorder
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The computer caused your child trouble seeing
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The computer caused your child trouble sleeping
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The computer caused your child feeding problem
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The computer caused your child family relationship problem
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Prevent your child from using the computer to protect his health
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