V Roopadevi, B S Shravanti, Aravind Karinagannanavar
Apr 24, 2020
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International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Abstract
Children are the world’s most important resources. The well-being of the children including their physical, mental, psychological growth and development and their opportunity to achieve full potential as adults is very important. As growth and development of children are continuous process, they attain certain milestones during their development. Children attain gross motor, fine motor, personal and social development, general understanding, vision and hearing. But there are several factors which affect the normal development of the children. TV, mobiles, video gaming, DVD’s and other forms of electronic gadgets have become pastimes among preschool children. Children especially toddlers are exposed to TV, videos in day-care and home based child care settings and even at home. The greatest exposure to media and are at increased risk in general for disparities in early development, school readiness, and educational achievement. Although younger children often experience difficulties in using apps on smart mobile devices still are motivated to continue to use the device. Thus this study is planned to know the exposure of electronic gadgets and its impact on the developmental milestones among preschool children.