The World Health Organisation declared compulsively playing video games a mental health condition in 2018. Introduce them to alternatives such as board games, physical sports or going out with friends. By Dr Sapna Bangar One of the common issues plaguing our youth currently is video-gaming addiction. There is certainly a rise in parents seeking help […]
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Parenthesis: Teach your child healthy media habits
A while ago, my husband and I went for an R-rated superhero movie at a local theatre and were shocked at the number of children that were watching the movie with us. The parents around us either disregarded or were ignorant of the age rating clearly outlined for the movie. The management of the cinema […]
‘Too much digital usage can affect a growing child’s brain’
The Blue Whale challenge and the more recent Momo Challenge have brought home the urgency of monitoring digital usage by children. By Dr Sapna Bangar When I tell my children that, growing up, we didn’t have mobile phones or internet, could watch only one channel on TV and actually wrote letters that took weeks at […]