Playing iPad danger for Toddlers

Children today are more skilled use of various gadgets. No wonder if it was not yet 2 years old was your child already likes to play a variety of applications and exciting games on the iPad.
Special applications for toddlers are now widely available, such as Baby Touch: Peekabo or Fish Games, the average claim charged educative. Some even promise useful applications to improve hand-eye coordination and focusing ability of infants to toddlers age 2.5 years.
The parents were not worried about letting their baby fun tinkering with gadgets because they can make their kids smart fast. Preoccupation of children to parents gadgets are also utilized for a moment to rest or do something else. The term is a digital babysitter.
However, the iPad Is that as safe for children's development? Recently experts from The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises parents returning to limit the time they are toddlers, especially those who were aged less than 2 years, in front of the television screen.
In published reports, the researchers found the time to watch TV for too long will disrupt "the talk" between child and parent, which are important for speech development of children.
Are the effects of watching TV too long to play a iPad? It is not clear. "We do not have the data," said Dr.Ari Brown, a pediatrician and member of the AAP.
The effect may depend on the manner of use. According to Tanya Altmann, pediatrician and author of Mommy Calls, guidelines for children should be the same when using the iPad as a guide to television.
"Basically the iPad application is the latest version of the video games that often we play in the child's childhood. Because it's probably not much benefit to the child," he explained.
Besides applications in advanced gadgets that can not teach a child is considered crucial skills as they can get from the world of three dimensions.
"There is an application building blocks game, but we certainly do not want this to replace the real thing. Babies must learn from the real world," said Dr.Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, in Seattle, USA.
Although the experts agreed would benefit less toddler playing gadget, but for older children educational games proven applications that could be positive. In a study by the U.S. Department of Education Martha Speaks proven applications in the iPhone improve your vocabulary of children aged 3-7 years to 31 percent in two weeks.
Rose Luckin, a professor from the University of London, to find gadgets such as tablet PCs can increase social interaction central to the learning process. He found children aged 5-6 years that records the daily activities at the school on a tablet PC and show it to parents, tend to learn better.
"The positive benefits of technology like the iPad is able to enhance the focus of communication between parents and children," he said.
Also according to Luckin, use moderation is the key. "If the kids just sit for hours playing iPad alone, I'm not sure he would be able to benefit. This tool can enhance the interaction of parents and children, not just away," he explained.
If parents only have limited time with their children, experts advise to turn off the gadgets at home rather than let their children alone fun.
"We know parents can not always be together 24 hours a son. But at certain times that we can allow the child is restricted to explore his own game. We can not let it stimulated externally at any time," said Altmann.