Most children today spend far too much time on their phones and other devices and it has become so bad that in many cases the child's health is being affected - adults as well, but in this post I am talking about children.
Too much exposure to "blue light" is seriously affecting the young.
It affects sleep patterns, stops children from being able to focus when at school and they become fidgety and disruptive during class and then what happens is that they are labelled and put on drugs in order to calm them down.
A child needs at least ten hours of sleep at night and should not be on any devices for two hours before bed time.
The exposure to devices just before bed time, coupled with insufficient sleep, means when you wake up the child, get them dressed for school causes the child to struggle in class - basically, they are still coming out of the sleep mode and are not fully awake.
This causes them to fidget and be unable to focus properly.
Years ago, one hardly ever heard of kids being put on to medication in order to calm them down - today, it is like an epidemic.
Other symtems of "blue light" exposure include anxiety, depression and disruptive sleep patterns.
All parents need to be aware of this and take action.