THE CURRENT SITUATION REGARDING THE DIGITAL MEDIA BEHAVIOR WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD REARING FOR CAREGIVER, NA SIAO SUBDISTRICT, MUANG DISTRICT, CHAIYAPHUM PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aims to study current situation on the use of digital media and early childhood upbringing of caregivers at Baan Na Sinuan, Na Siew Sub-district, Mueang Chaiyaphum District, Chaiyaphum Province. The 55 samples were caregivers of early childhood children living in Ban Na Sinuan. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisting of 4 parts by using statistical analysis of percentage and mean. The results showed that most of the child caregivers are female. primary education, farmer occupation, skipped-generation family. Type of digital media that children use in their daily lives were use your cell phone the most, time spent using digital media up to 5-6 hours per day. Health problems of children from the use of digital media were found that the children began to have short attention spans, socialization and language problems. This is an important issue for surveillance and follow-up in children who have started to have health problems on an ongoing basis, to help children grow into quality adults. The behavior of using digital media of caregivers in child rearing was found to be at a high level ( = 3.76, S.D. = 0.18). The role of caregivers in early childhood upbringing as a whole high level         ( = 2.45, S.D. = 2.10) when considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect of learning about things children's imitation children's play and building relationships with others at a high level, respectively, in terms of gender roles and interests moderate.