4 simple tricks to get your child to stop staring at the TV.

March 10, 2017 16:29

The best way to keep your child from being glued to the TV is to provide them with suitable activities. Playing sports, learning to dance, or joining a gym class are all suggestions parents can consider. Or, a simpler way is to take a walk with your child.

Keep your child busy with other useful activities and create a supportive environment for them to develop good habits. Additionally, you can refer to the suggestions below to help your child break their TV addiction.

Open a library card for your child.

This is a truly beneficial activity that children can do on their own, and parents should encourage their children to develop a reading habit. For children of all ages, books are always close companions. Besides traditional printed books, parents can introduce their children to audiobooks or e-books.

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Give your children the opportunity to help you with small tasks. (Image from the internet)

Let your child "help" you.Tasks such as cooking, cleaning the house, and doing laundry... When cooking in the afternoon, parents can give their children a pair of chopsticks and a small spoon and ask them to stir the food.

This is an effective way to distract children from the allure of television, and in doing so, parents can discover a culinary talent. Additionally, other tasks suitable for children's abilities include gathering clothes from the clothesline, folding clothes, and pairing socks.

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I have a habit of turning off the TV as soon as my favorite show ends. (Illustrative image)

Bedroom without TV

If parents don't want their children to become "addicted" to television, they shouldn't create an environment conducive to their children's exposure to this electronic device. Instead of hanging a TV on the large walls of their child's bedroom, parents should place a bookshelf. However, parents shouldn't forbid children from watching TV altogether, as this can be counterproductive; simply limiting the daily viewing time is sufficient.

Refresh your TV viewing habits.

Parents need to ensure that both they and their children develop the habit of turning off the TV as soon as their favorite program ends. Children learn best through concrete examples, so parents should pay attention to instilling this in their children from an early age.

According to Ngôi Sao (Star)

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