Unlocking a touch screen phone
or grabbing that balloon,
What your child prefers?
The Effect of touch screens and
gadgets on early Child development is the reason behind this common scene in
every house. A few months back I saw a video on YouTube where a small child
aged 1-year
was sitting in front of a fashion magazine, gaming touching and swiping the
page with her fingers in an effort to get the images to move.
Again one more such incident which made me stop and compelled me to give a thought to this is of a
young girl aged 5 in a movie theatre last week , who wasn’t liking the movie being
played on that huge screen so she irritatingly asked her mom that
“where is its remote? Why don’t you change the channel its so damn
boring “
Now this
did initiated a laughter blasts amongst the parents and people around but it
left me thinking for sure. Is our young generation so habituated to technology
that they believe that their like and dislikes can be easily and quickly
controlled just at a click or simply pressing a button??
KNOW THE EXPLOSIVE
ISSUE
The
effect of touch screens and other electronic devices on young children is an
explosive issue. Kids are very, very responsive to the kind of stimulation they
get from video games, educational or not. In the two years since this video was
made, digital industry has responded with apps for babies and preschoolers. Such technology is available at Pre Schools even.
Our concern must be with the negative effects
on those children of parents who are unable to put down their phones, tablets
and laptops because these babies intently watch their parents and promptly tune
into their distraction.
At Shanti Juniors our I3 Learning ladder is implemented for kids to induce age
appropriate curiosity and thinking in a children’s mind which will create a rational and positive
creativity in them.
Share their daily routines, Listen them.
Parents must
understand this and start acting towards the same before our next generation
loses emotional values. These technical gadgets can accompany your child in
later years of life but not right now.
Let them Celebrate their
Childhood instead of Techno-hood.