Volume 8 : Issue 1 (2021)

Digital Exposure and Mental Health of Children

Use of digital medium for education especially during these Covid times has become a part of the ‘new normal’. Schools have not opened post lockdown and the uncertainty persists in the future too. Other than that engagement with the media has increased manifold for formal communication and for social connectivity. However, as an enlightened population, we should be able to strike a balance between how much of digital exposure we can give to young to facilitate learning and at the same time not lose the opportunity to master social skills and interpersonal connections. This is the need of the hour looking into the studies which show a deleterious effect of media on mental health of young minds. Therefore parental supervision is crucial to facilitate learning and minimize the negative impact of media.

Mental Health, Media, Behaviour

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