New Delhi: Online chatting, playing computer games or watching television at night can leave children
sleep deprived and adversely affect their studies and physical
health, psychiatrists said at a conference here Wednesday.
"Parents should keep a check on their children's TV viewing habits... presence of a television set in the child's bedroom may be a contributor to sleep problems," said Sunil Mittal, psychiatrist and director of Cosmos Institute of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences (CIMBS).