The best ways to save your children from dependence on technology

The day you notice that your children become more dependent on technology. Many parents give up saying: I have nothing to do. This is where the whole problem starts.

Creating a more balanced approach to technology in your home will not happen overnight, but there are a number of clear strategies you can take to help manage the situation.

Communication With Your Child It's clear to you that your child is overused by the phone, but they may not see him that way. Make sure that you talk to some, including negative effects and the risk that continued social media use may have on their social skills in real life. If they understand the problem, they will be more motivated to join efforts to resolve it.

Set Limits Establishing certain hours or locations that will be without equipment helps to establish certain boundaries in the use of equipment. It is essential to ensure that your family communicates with each other without being distracted by their phones, tablets, and screens.

Be an Example for Your Child As the Common Sense Media survey suggests, this will be a real challenge for many of us. Technology addiction is not just an adolescence problem. The example set by parents is the basic guide for the behavior of younger children, and as teenagers may not be so quick to follow the example, they will surely be hostile to our perceived hypocrisy. In more than a few cases, parents ask their child not to stay on the phone while they themselves stay for hours.

Control Ask them which pages, apps or games are spending time, what they're looking at, what they're talking about with their friends and so on.

The method used by one parent:

The best choice is to allow them a fixed time every day, and they choose it whenever they want it. I put a sign in the fridge where I can mark their time before the screen. I also use an app that helps me because the device is automatically blocked by the time it's set, so saves the effort to remove the device from my children!