MOE reminds young Pskovians how to watch TV – Pskov news

07.09.2015 20:19 ITT, Pskov

  EMERCOM Russia’s Pskov Region resembles a small Pskovians how to watch TV. As reported at the department, many viewers include televisions as soon come home and turn it off, going to bed, and casually talk, read, eat, occasionally throwing a stray glance at the screen. Daily numbness leads to stagnation of thought, mental passivity. Some complain that because of the TV go to sleep late, do not have time to do. Caught watching television in their spare time, and many are students.

 Many hours sitting before the screen leads to the constant violation of the regime of the day. Exceeding the limit of reasonable spectacular load can cause strain on the nervous system, poor health and a sharp decline in performance in school and at home. Daily television viewing creates students’ habit extends to automatism, spending every night just at the TV screen. Moreover, watching television increases the time spent by students in a state of relative immobility. Spending long hours watching television, students begin to move less, less than a walk, go to bed late.

 Watching the TV immediately after school hours, prepare homework, reading a book helps build-up of fatigue accumulated during the day.

 Like any visual work, watching television can lead to fatigue, especially if carried out in adverse conditions – in low light, at close range, and so on.

  Terms of watching television a child:

•  Children under two years of watching television is generally not recommended. This is due not only to the load on the eyes, but with a negative influence on the central nervous system that may lead to excessive excitation of the child. For children older than 2 years, the total duration of the viewing of television programs shall not exceed 30 minutes. in a day. Children from 3 to 7 years is recommended to watch TV no more than 40-50 minutes a day; from 7 to 13, – not more than 2 hours per day (thus continuous load should not exceed 1.5 h).

 

•  TV only need to look in a sitting position. Better if it will be comfortable chair or a chair with a back.

 
•  In the evening – with additional lighting in the room, in any case, not in the dark. The big difference between the brightness of the screen and the general lighting in the room adversely affects the visual system and leads to eyestrain.

 
•  The distance to the screen of the TV should not be less than three meters. The screen size of 21 inches or more. By increasing the screen size should be in proportion to the increase and the distance to it.

 
•  TV type (conventional or “flat” screen plasma TV or LCD panel) does not affect the tolerability of visual stress. The main hazard for the eye when watching TV is a long visual load.

 
•  TV really affects the health and thinking of younger schoolboys. Psychological studies show that children who frequently watch television, usually worse in school.

 

Source: Pskov news