iPads& Smart phones - Harmful to the kids.

What iPad& smart Phones is doing for the Kids is something shocking& every parent should be aware of the Harms Coming in the way of their kids. If you enter any restaurant with your family for dinner ,you are sure to find most of the kids in the Restaurants Are sitting their heads down looking keenly at something with terrific concentration.. What are they doing their heads down? Of course,they are playing different games on Tablets& phones concentrating on them without taking their eyes away From the iPad or Phones. , According to the Centres for Disease control& prevention (CDC) United States of America alone,Over 6 Million children aged between 4and 17 at one point of time or other could be Diagnosed With Attention Deficit Hyper activity Disorder(ADHD).Before 1990,less than 5% of School-Age Kids Were thought to have the condition present in them,but Data from the CDC reported that In 2 decades Those numbers Increased to more than 11%Making it the most common Childhood Disorder. It has thus become an Epidemic rather than a habit. Meanwhile according to the Kaiser Family Foundation,children on an average spend Nearly 7&1/2hours staring at those Tiny displays upto 20%just 5 years ago,leading some Experts to beLieve the surge of ADHD diagnosis coincides with the Skyrocketing Use of Mobile Devices according to the NewYork Times. I am indebted to Margeret Rock& the link below for attempting this Blog which could help parents to open their eyes to dissuade kids from excessive use iPad& Smart Phones. The relevant link for more information is http://www.2machines.com/articles/181304.html SreedharanMundanat 10th June 2014 05-04PM(IST)