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Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say
Children need opportunities to develop hand strength and dexterity needed to hold pencils
Amelia Hill
Last modified on Sun 25 Feb 2018 22.00 GMT
Children are increasingly finding it hard to hold pens and pencils because of an excessive use of technology, senior paediatric doctors have warned.
An overuse of touchscreen phones and tablets is preventing children?s finger muscles from developing sufficiently to enable them to hold a pencil correctly, they say.
?Children are not coming into school with the hand strength and dexterity they had 10 years ago,? said Sally Payne, the head paediatric occupational therapist at the Heart of England foundation NHS Trust. ?Children coming into school are being given a pencil but are increasingly not be able to hold it because they don?t have the fundamental movement skills.
?To be able to grip a pencil and move it, you need strong control of the fine muscles in your fingers,. Children need lots of opportunity to develop those skills.?...
Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say
Children need opportunities to develop hand strength and dexterity needed to hold pencils
Amelia Hill
Last modified on Sun 25 Feb 2018 22.00 GMT
Children are increasingly finding it hard to hold pens and pencils because of an excessive use of technology, senior paediatric doctors have warned.
An overuse of touchscreen phones and tablets is preventing children?s finger muscles from developing sufficiently to enable them to hold a pencil correctly, they say.
?Children are not coming into school with the hand strength and dexterity they had 10 years ago,? said Sally Payne, the head paediatric occupational therapist at the Heart of England foundation NHS Trust. ?Children coming into school are being given a pencil but are increasingly not be able to hold it because they don?t have the fundamental movement skills.
?To be able to grip a pencil and move it, you need strong control of the fine muscles in your fingers,. Children need lots of opportunity to develop those skills.?...