Currently, live communication with parents and peers has faded into the background due to the enthusiasm of older preschool children with gadgets. Reducing the age of acquaintance with gadgets also negatively affects the development of the personality of a senior preschool child. An empirical study (on two sample groups) of the attitude of parents of older preschool children to the use of gadgets, the peculiarities of the child's interpersonal communication with adults and peers, social and moral attitudes and the characteristics of the normative behavior of preschoolers showed that: - a child of older preschool age uses 2-3 gadgets at the same time; - parents for the most part do not control the time a preschooler uses the gadget; - a child of senior preschool age spends on average 3 hours a day using gadgets; - a child of senior preschool age who uses gadgets without a time limit shows aggression in conflict situations and uses unproductive methods of getting out of conflict situations; also these children are distinguished by passivity in communication with peers, etc. The results of empirical research have clearly shown that the use of gadgets significantly affects the decrease in the communicative development of older preschool children.

Influence of gadgets on the communicative competence of older preschool children