Though useful for working on school assignments at once entertainment, but put a computer in the room can also be bad for the kids.
Research has shown that computers can disrupt children's sleep schedule and trigger trouble remembering. Hence also, children who are equipped computers tend to get bad grades in school. The experts recommend, computers and televisions should not be placed in a child's room.
According to them, sleep is very important for children, especially before the age of adolescence. Sleep benefit transfer of information from short-term memory into long-term useful to remember the lesson.
In their research, scientists from The University of Helsinki Finland involving 353 children aged 10 to 11 years. They questioned the children about the location of the TV and computer as well as their sleep habits. The researchers repeated again 18 months later.
Research results are published in the journal BMC Public Health are found, the computer and TV in a child's room in particular can be a nuisance sleeping child.
According to the researchers, the availability of computers in the room to make children addicted to playing games tend to reduce their sleep time. Similarly, TV makes children less likely to exercise and not tired at the time they were supposed to sleep.
Light which issued the screen can trigger hormonal changes in the body. Hormonal imbalances, particularly those associated with sleep hormone, to cause trouble sleeping.
One researcher says Teija Nuutinen, electronic items should not be placed in a child's room. Children need more sleep, and electronic items that can reduce their sleep time.
"If left unchecked, then this will affect their performance in school and their development," said Nuutinen.
