Long-term harm when children sit a lot on a stroller

Excessive use of children's devices such as car seats, strollers and swing chairs will affect the ability of social development, long-term harm to children.

According to the researchers, using too many devices to prevent children from exploring the environment in the first 3 years of life will greatly affect their future social skills development .

Parents leave children in strollers, car seats, little direct contact with children, which can affect and harm their long-term development.(Photo: galleryplus)

According to Sally Goddard Blythe, British Institute of Physiological Neurology, many parents have used equipment to look after children such as forward-facing carts, car seats, rocking chairs . for a long time because busy. Some parents also use screen technology based on smartphones and tablets to look after children.

According to research results, these will affect children's ability to develop society and awareness in the future. "The balance and coordination of skills learned in the first 36 months of life will determine the future academic performance and performance of each child , " said Goddard Blythe.

Live social interactions will also help children develop physically and mentally, reflected in their eyes, the ability to talk and the whole life of the child later. This is not possible if the child is sitting in a stroller facing forward and the mother is carefree using a smartphone.

"Children need to have the opportunity to move freely, explore everything around, need to be interacted, face-to-face contact with their parents regularly, even if it's just cuddling and playing. Simple game , " she recommended.

Previous research by the University of Dundee found that children often sit in stroller forward, less sleep, laugh, interact, talk to parents can lead to "poor emotions" . When you can't see your parents' face, your child's stress level increases and your heart rate is also faster.

" The best playground for babies in the first months of life is the mother's body and the second is a clean blanket on the floor . From there the child will learn how to control the head and neck, self-management. to roll and sit alone, this is something that children in a stroller can't get, " said Goddard Blythe.