What is the time on the screen “block” children’s vision and cause behavioral problems

On average, children spend a rise of seven to eight hours a day on screens and an expert warns that we do not see the complete image of these devastating devices.

“The time of the screen has become the new pandemic and it is ruining all our eyes and brains,” says Dr. Bryce Appelbaum, a board -certified optometrist.

He said that in addition to cognitive, social and emotional development, screen time adversely affects vision development and could be partially guilty of increasing cases of behavioral problems.

“We close ourselves and collapse our periphery and get this vision of the tunnel, and then we obtain the release of dopamine in our brain and makes us want to return more and more,” said Appelbaum.

So yes, the screens are addictive, but the problem he has said is that they can also affect their eyes even if they develop the children. And when children have functional vision problems, the document said, the symptoms may seem very much like ADHD.

What do screens do in the eyes of children?

The visual skills needed for screen commitment are very different from those needed to participate in a three -dimensional space, he explained.

“The vision is intended to guide our movement, not being looking at these machines throughout the day,” he said. “We need to keep this flexibility. When we are on the screens for too long, our focused muscles, the inner muscles behind the eyes that make things clear, are literally locked and under tension.”

According to Applbaum, these interior muscles are not designed to function so hard for a long period of time, and to do them a task with the burden that leads to inflexible visual systems and inflexible visual thinking.

“Children do not have the development of the brain and the vision to deal with the screens,” he said.

“This will be a child who has ants on his pants or listening to the teacher with his ears rather than with his eyes.”

Dr. Bryce appelbaum

“It is to create a world of children with a closed visual system, causing vision problems, mental health and depth perception and a bad interpersonal connection so that we are stuck to these 2D devices, in our faces, exploiting all this high energy light.”

Previous investigations published in Pediatric Jama have shown that children should be banned at screen until 3 years, as it may lead to delays in development.

But why would vision problems lead to behavioral?

Researchers at Drexel University discovered that children and children who are on screen time are more likely to show atypical sensory behaviors associated with neurodeveloped disorders such as autism and attention deficit disorder.

Appelbaum maintains that excessive screen time compromises functional vision development, creating a scenario where eyes do not work together to support coordination or focus.

Convergence insufficiency: An eye coordination problem that hinders eyes focused on nearby objects such as books or computer screens, usually diagnosed as added behavior or similar to ADHD.

“Someone who can make his eyes are targeted in the same direction, great. But after 30 seconds, if he has this fragile coordination, he will be a child who has ants on his pants or listening to the teacher with his ears rather than with his eyes,” he said.

A report of 2024 of disease control and prevention centers revealed a shocking impact on ADHD’s diagnoses among North -American children.

Unlike screen-based learning that became ubiquitous during Covid-19 locks, old-school educational practices, such as copying from board, require visual flexibility to move closely, activate interior and exterior eye muscles to strengthen and work synergistically.

“Reading printing requires different eye movements on the most sequenced, methodical and organized page than on a screen. With a screen, you can fatten your eyes all over the place, take a lot of information, but you do not have the control of the eye movement needed for other tasks,” he said.

How can parents protect the visual health and behavior of their children?

The number one of the priority is to limit the time of the screen. A 2024 study found that the reduced time of the daily screen helped children better process their emotions and to improve their social interactions.

Another useful strategy is to foster physical activity, blink and break vision during screen use periods.

“The eyes are a muscle; if you had to surprise your fists for a long period of time, after a few seconds, your hands begin to hurt. But if you let go and let go and re -release, release that tension.”

Appelbaum said that digital performance lenses can be a support system for developing eyes, as they make it easier for the brain to access and use vision.

“If you train the eye brain connection and do it so that you have a robust, approach, convergence and visual processing, the screens are less terrible and will not affect the development and life in the way they would otherwise.”

Appelbaum maintains that incorporating boundaries and strategies to protect the eyes guarantees success in the future.

“You can develop the proper visual basis for prospering in this digital world. It only requires a lot of brain and vision training.”