Leisure time when a child is watching television or even playing various computer games is modern parenting problem that is becoming more and more relevant. Often the TV or the computer becomes a kind of magic wand for young parents who have difficulty to find a time for their offspring. When the baby shows whims, refuses to eat or take medication, it’s easy to lure him by bright pictures and adult toys. Live games, fairy tales now are changed by the short movies for the little kids and games in the smart phones. Increasingly, instead of a fairy tale before bedtime parents simply turns on the child movie.
On the one hand, we cannot escape nowhere of the progress. Our children come into this world of technology that is becoming increasingly complex in coming years. Thus, the contact with technology is inevitable. And there are indeed valuable gadgets for the nurture of younger. Use them or not – choose the parents, as it is part of modern life. Smart phones have become an integral part of our work and the rest, the most important part of mediators in communication. And children from birth absorb to themselves such lifestyle.
However, it is important to have a sense of proportion. It is easy to miss the moment when the electronics is becoming a dominant theme in communication between parents and children. And it is very easy to “turn off” the child, turning on an ordinary movie or stop paying attention to his endless “why” by letting him to sit at the computer.
The child is completely attracted by changing vivid images and amazing sounds. Kid becomes “convenient”, and the parents are engaged in their own affairs. It is a very great temptation. However, in such a situation the child’s contact with parents is rapidly run out. There is a risk completely losing touch with the child.
Of course, young children are very mobile; they need a rapid change of activity. As a result, they are more prone to games with mom and dad. Meanwhile, children over the age of 3, can watch movies for hours, completely falling out of reality. Even more – turning off the TV can cause the big hysteria. It is a serious challenge for the kid. The closest and dearest person suddenly takes away of him the most interesting toy. He sees it as a betrayal. There comes an anger, frustration, a sense of injustice, a real grief – how all this should survive your child? He will require to “restore justice” in every way possible.
However, we create problems ourselves. It is natural that if the TV occupies part of everyday adult’s life, and the child will absorb this lifestyle. Children suffer more clearly the influence of television; they are actively growing and become familiar with the world, quickly absorbing everything that surrounds them. There is no criticism and selection of gotten information; it begins to take shape around 9-11 years of age. Therefore, it is important to monitor a TV broadcast material content and watching time. It could be useful to think about the whole family behaviors, traditions and rituals. All this in the future will unfold as an integral part of the child’s way of life.
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i am against technology for kids, even at age 10 years old, it destroys more than benefit them, I try to control it over the kids here as possible as we could
Technology has become an inevitable evil in the modern society. The only way out is depending on the parents. Parents should use all the tactics and diplomacy and keep their children as far as possible away from these gadgets. We already know the radiations emitted by the cell phone is very hazardous. Even then we are trying to minimize its usage by keeping it away as far as possible. If this is the case of an Adult of 30 years of age how much care a kid and youngsters need while making use of these gadgets? As far as the social evils are concerned the usage undoubtedly spoils not only their career but also their interaction with the society. They will be proud of having a smartphone than using it. He learns many things without putting them into practice as he does not how where to make use of those practices he learned. He already lives away from the society with minimum participation in a social gathering. He does not know how to speak to elders, in a public meeting, in a group. He does not know where the customs and traditions come for his use. How to participate in rituals, religious functions, whom to contact, how to contact and what to speak if contacted. All these things require his exposure to the public life, social gatherings, visiting temples, receiving guest etc, which can be taught to the kids or youngsters provided their parents allow them, take them, and arrange them for the kids and children to see personally and learn.
Otherwise, the very purpose of the electronic gadgets and other comforts we offer to children may cause more damage than building up their personality and health.
For me, in my own opinion children of today should have a better life doing the things they love, like playing with other kids to build strong relationship and interact properly with each other. Pursuing what they want either it was a hobbies or a certain activities that they enjoy to do as a part of growing up. Kids who are addictive with technology have a tendecy to miss all the things that he or she should experience in their age, be lonesome, with no friends at all to talk to, and worst no social life. Instead of going out from their comfort zone and meet other children from all walks of life they rather stay alone at home living an abnormal life without substance at all. It much better if they know how to experience the life outside their home so that they could learn to be playful, laugh, and cry which is a part of a childhood life to learn how could somene live their life to the fullest with hope and brighter future and learn to appreciate how important relationship is in terms of dealing with other people. As the cliche goes, "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND" We all need each other to stay alive and go on in this world. :-P