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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 762822" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>I appreciate your thoughts, Blighty. I don’t think this is probably the most popular topic because so many of us and our kids are glued to our phones, gaming devices, etc. and it’s hard to be objective when one is in the midst of it.</p><p></p><p>What adults do is one thing, but it can’t possibly be healthy for young children whose brains are still developing to constantly be engaged and interacting with an inanimate device. And yes, they do serve their purpose—after all, the kids will be using computers in school eventually so having a general knowledge is helpful.</p><p></p><p>But even more helpful to a child’s developing brain is communicating verbally with others, working with manipulatives like puzzles, blocks, and Legos, and imaginary play. And of course, reading.</p><p></p><p>What ever happened to playing outside? Do kids even do that anymore other than their 20 minutes of recess at school? It’s no wonder we have an obesity epidemic among our youth. Most of the exercise they‘re getting is with their fingers on a hand-held device. And try to take that away from them and you have a fight on your hands! </p><p></p><p>I probably sound old fashioned and stodgy—maybe I am, but I can’t help but think that we‘re short-changing our children by starting them too early with devices and not interacting with face-to-face communication and toys that inspire creativity and brain development. And that in my opinion, decrease boredom.</p><p></p><p>This doesn’t even address the most devastating aspect of the cell phone, social media phenomenon that‘s damaging our kids; the use of social media to judge and spew hate towards others. The fact that our kids today have to live with this hurts my soul.</p><p></p><p>I don’t know what the answer is. Technology is inevitable. We need it. But we need more of a balance and I don’t see that happening anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 762822, member: 23742"] I appreciate your thoughts, Blighty. I don’t think this is probably the most popular topic because so many of us and our kids are glued to our phones, gaming devices, etc. and it’s hard to be objective when one is in the midst of it. What adults do is one thing, but it can’t possibly be healthy for young children whose brains are still developing to constantly be engaged and interacting with an inanimate device. And yes, they do serve their purpose—after all, the kids will be using computers in school eventually so having a general knowledge is helpful. But even more helpful to a child’s developing brain is communicating verbally with others, working with manipulatives like puzzles, blocks, and Legos, and imaginary play. And of course, reading. What ever happened to playing outside? Do kids even do that anymore other than their 20 minutes of recess at school? It’s no wonder we have an obesity epidemic among our youth. Most of the exercise they‘re getting is with their fingers on a hand-held device. And try to take that away from them and you have a fight on your hands! I probably sound old fashioned and stodgy—maybe I am, but I can’t help but think that we‘re short-changing our children by starting them too early with devices and not interacting with face-to-face communication and toys that inspire creativity and brain development. And that in my opinion, decrease boredom. This doesn’t even address the most devastating aspect of the cell phone, social media phenomenon that‘s damaging our kids; the use of social media to judge and spew hate towards others. The fact that our kids today have to live with this hurts my soul. I don’t know what the answer is. Technology is inevitable. We need it. But we need more of a balance and I don’t see that happening anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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