Technology, as a simplified version
for kids, means anything that has been designed by the humans to make
our life simpler and more interesting. For the past two decades things
have changed tremendously, thanks to technology, but it is also a fact
that the same has made parenting more multifaceted and complicated.
The
main dilemma of young parents around the globe is “Whether to embrace
or escape our high-tech world and how to help our kid find the right
balance”. We all have understood that in no way we can stop the impact
of Internet, smartphones, i-pads, etc over our children but learning
how to live in a high-tech world effectively, safely, and responsibly
is a task we need to start teaching children earlier than ever.
Right from the time we play nursery rhymes and introduce alphabets
through softwares start the kid’s relationship with technology. So it
is better to frame boundaries while the child is at the age of 2 rather
than build walls when they turn out 12. More than 75% of the kids
belonging to the developed and developing nations spend most of their
time with eyes fixed on any screen say a computer or a television. This
leads them to various difficulties directly like obesity to indirectly
like anti-social growth.
The primary facts about these kids are
As rightly said by the child psychologists, it is the right time that parents and teachers take charge to help these kids understand the pros and cons of technology. Some actions to reach out kids are
Kids grown with moral and virtues rarely get struck in the gutters of anti-social effects of technology while kids brought up carelessly turn out to lose self-respect and character in the technical tides.
Priya Ramesh
Entrepreneur, Thoothukudi.