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Hi there,
As an OT who works in the peadiatric field, the using of smartphones is increasing in children and I observe that it affects postural control. I found this journal from Brazil, and very eye-opening for me as an OT.
https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/jhgd/article/view/12229
As one of the areas of occupational performance, sleep is the last area we pay attention to. Dr. Jamie Chaves, OTD, OTR/L, SWC talks about sleep and it relation with sensory processing here in this article.
Please share your personal experience as an OT who works with peadiatric about it.
'Meet Angela Hanscom, an occupational therapist who has come to the conclusion that children need adventurous activities to develop a healthy sense of body and mind. Not only do children need way more movement than our sedentary society allows them, she suggests, but they need precisely the kinds of movements that make adults gasp, if they are going to thrive.Β Often brought into classrooms to solve behavioural issues, Hanscom realised that children today do not get enough free play, exploration and exercise to allow them to focus properly in school. She began using movement as therapy, helping kids heal through spinning too fast on the merry-go-round and flying too high on the swings.'
Yes! More outdoors play and less adult supervision! Think of one of your best memories from childhood that involved play... then consider, was it indoors or outdoors? Were adults supervising? I bet 99% of us will answer: outdoors without supervision. Why take this away from our kids? I often use this question when encouraging parents to give the kids "freedom" to explore and more.
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Insightful observation @Tia Aja - and thanks for the journal link! From your perspective, is the effect on core postural control (from hips), or more neck/scapula shifts? We'll raise your post with fellow Members shortly.