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PYP students face excessive screen time - Coggle Diagram
PYP students face excessive screen time
WHY the problem?
Physical Health Risks:
Lack of physical activity leads to weight gain, poor cardiovascular health, and muscle weakness. Inactivity in childhood often translates into chronic health problems in the long term.
Mental Health Effects:
Excessive inactivity contribute to mental health challenges like boredom, frustration, and anxiety. This could also affect the acadamic performance of the child.
Increased Screen Time:
Children spend more time on screens, leading to physical inactivity. This shift reduces opportunities for active play, contributing to long term health issues like obesity, etc.
Developmental Impact:
Active play promotes cognitive, physical, and social development. When children engage in structured activities, they build independence, creativity, and social skills, which are important for their overall well-being.
HOW does it affect the target audience?
Time Management Challenges:
Parents often find themselves overwhelmed with work, household responsibilities, and the pressure of keeping their children engaged.
Feeling of Guilt:
Parents who are unable to provide supervision 24/7 sometimes feel the guilt for not being able to keep their children active or engaged. This can cause stress, affecting their mental health.
Parental Concerns About Health:
Parents are gettting worried about their children’s physical inactivity due to excessive screen time. With limited time for outdoor activities, they struggle to ensure their children maintain a balanced lifestyle.
Missed Development Opportunities:
Without structured play, parents worry that their children may miss out on developing life skills like independence, creativity, and social interaction, which are crucial for their growth and well-being.
WHAT?
Many Primary Years Programme (PYP) students are spending excessive time on screens after school due to their parents’ busy schedules. This leads to physical inactivity, as children lack access to structured activities or outdoor play.
WHEN?
This situation tends to continue on weekdays, especially during the school year
, when structured activities like after-school sports or activities are NOT available.
When parents are unavailable to facilitate active activities
, children tend to turn to screens as a option.
WHO?
The problem primarily affects
PYP students
who are spending significant amounts of time on screens after school.
These children, typically
aged 6-12
, experience physical and mental health consequences.
WHERE?
The problem occurs primarily at
home
after school hours, when parents are busy with work or household tasks.
It also impacts
communities
where outdoor play spaces or activities may not be available.