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This morning I was trying to make myself look presentable for the nursery run and turned around to see Little E amusing herself on the iPad. She insisted on wearing her Hello Kitty headphones despite it just being the two of us and knew exactly how to plug them in, turn on the iPad and select her favourite games. Now, I am at an impasse here - on the one hand I am quite impressed my little girl has such a great grasp of technology, after all she is going to grow up surrounded and immersed by it more than I ever was. By the time she gets to senior school all work will be done on tablets and laptops and will people even use pens and paper!?! But there is a huge part of me that wants to grab the tablet from her and give her a book or an etch-a-sketch! She's not even three, she shouldn't know how to access the App Store and attempt to buy the latest Barbie app... My mother in law is always telling me how technology is ruining communication and I agree with her but surely stopping our kids from having access to technology would do just as much damage? It all comes back to balance - that word should be the first thing explained to a new parent. Half an hour on the Ipad whilst I struggle with the straightening irons is not going to ruin my daughter. If it was constant babysitter then that would be another issue. But I'll still be getting the colouring books out later to make myself feel better! 
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Couldn't agree more - it's all about the balance. I don't think technology is ruining our lives or our communication. But I also don't think kids should have unlimited access to it. Technology opens a whole new world for them, as it does to us, and gives them things they couldn't have otherwise, exactly like it does us. We should all have rules and not use it constantly. Just have that balance.
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19/12/2013 11:44:52 am
Really glad to hear you agree Orli :-) Balance is definitely the key. I'm constantly amazed at how in tune with technology all three of my kids are. While it's right to moderate their use - just as you wouldn't plonk them in front of the TV for hours on end - you can't hide them from it. We just have to try to teach them that technology is just one way people learn and communicate, and that the old-fashioned methods work too! Leave a Reply. |
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