Coming home from class last night i was listening to a gentleman named Frank something. He went on about how he and his wife made the decision not to allow their daughter screen time until she could at the very least read. This means tv and the computer. His daughter is 7 and a half and telling the librarian she cannot participate in certain activities due to this constraint. Now that she can read and such, she now gets up to i believe one hour a day. The daughter doesn't really care to get on the computer or watch tv because she would much rather be outside, with her father or neighborhood friends.
Isn't that how its supposed to be? Why are parents so quick these days to sit them in front of a screen? At what age do you think parents should allow their kids to surf the web aimlessly? Being a kid is about getting dirty playing outside, not preparing yourself to need glasses by staring intently on a screen.
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Honestly, I'm split on this post. As a kid, I would often go outside and play soccer with my friends. But, I was also one to have a computer at age 7 (very rare in the country of Bulgaria). My social life did get a bit weird at times, but moving between countries could have also contributed to that. The presence of the computer at an early age did allow me to explore things and think about stuff that would have normally been outside my reach. As a result, I got smarter and more technologically adept.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think that parents are the problem most of the time. Extremes in either direction (no screen or screen all the time) would be a problem - people would become either consumed by technology or technologically-ridiculous, as I like to call them. If you become a parent, you should participate in your child's life actively to guide them toward a healthy lifestyle. Since each person and situation is different, there is no cook book approach to this matter. Parents should consider what is going on with their child and approach the matter in an appropriate way.