CAUSATIVE ESSAY

The influence of gadget for the children’s health.

Nowadays, in this new era of globalization. The children are curious to use gadget. Perhaps, some children also already understand using gadget. In this case, it can disrupt the health of children in the future. What the parent’s roles for this problem? Should the parents limit them to use gadget? Or whether the child should be allowed to use gadget due to his age? Some drawbacks that the children get if they always using gadget.

The first is the radiation hazard. The children will get the danger of radiation exposure. According to researcher at the Nation Radiology Protection Board, UK, Electromagnetic radiation generated from mobile phones can damage DNA and cause brain tumors. The parents should not provide mobile phone to children aged 8 years or below as a precautionary measure of radiation disturbance from such devices. “When using a mobile phone, 70-80 percent of the radiated energy emitted from the phone’s antenna is absorbed by the head. In the fact, several studies revealed the potential negative impact of long-term absorption of radiation emitted by mobile phones. Unfortunately, the some studies focus on children” said prof. Henry Lai from the university of Washington, USA, as quoted by the MD Health website.

The radiation exposure from gadget is very harmful to the health and has the effect on children development. The radiation from the gadget is very risky that is causes disruption to development of the brain and the immune system of children.

The second is addiction. It will certainly have much negative effect on a physical and motor development of children. When the children are playing his gadget, automatically, they will forget to eat or feel lazy to exercise, so that the intake of nutrition to support their growth is disrupted and also they will easily get mild stroke. In addition, the addicted gadget will also affect the personality of the children so it is more likely for them to be introvert individuals with limited access to socialize.

The third is barriers to development. This is because the children who enjoy playing gadget rarely move so that is inhibits the growth process. In this case, it is proven when we enjoy our own smartphone or gadget, it makes us not care about other people around us. Unfortunately, all mobile users do the same thing when using gadget. Of course this can make the loss of our social sense in the real world, and more concerned with virtual world that is in our smartphone or gadget.

The fourth is metal illness for the children who is addicted to gadget, this can be the triggers of mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, autism, and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). The ADHD is one of mental illness part that makes the children feel restless, not calm, and easily distracted his mind if they do not use gadget for a while.

And the last one is sleep disorder. The problem is caused by the blue light coming from the smartphone or gadget and actually is very useful to be able to make users see the screen comfortably in the sun. However in the dark, smartphone light is too bright and will not be good for health and will only harmful to your bedtime. This of course can make your brain become tired and for next day you will feel difficult to study or work due to lack of sleep and the brain needs to work. It also can lead to sleep disorders that affects the growth of them. The games in the gadget usually make children more enjoyable so their sleep time is disrupted.

So, there are a lot of impacts for the children that often use or are also addicted to gadget. Hopefully, the parents can better support and supervise the activities that children do, for example playing gadget too much, the parents can check the growth of their children by the days.