According to AFP, an international news service, there are concerns about children and tablet computers. In a report by Mariano Andrade, over use of the tablets may create behavioral problems.
A number of studies reveal everything from the educational benefits to the "baby sitting" approach by parents. Kids Industries found that 77 percent of parents believed use of the tablets were beneficial and help develop creativity. Screen Time on the other hand cautioned parents about imposing limits on the use.
I know I am a million years old, but when we got our first TV, I used to sit and watch the test pattern - for you whippersnappers, that was what they broadcast when nothing was on. The old days were tough. But, finally I figured out there really wasn’t much to watch on television. It was more fun to watch girls.
The point of all this is that kids today are growing up with lots of gadgets to keep them entertained. It cannot help but to affect face to face relations. As Lisa Guernsey, of the Early Education Initiative at the New American Foundation, says in the report, "Can they focus on a conversation, not look a screen for 30 minutes?" Heck, I know adults that can’t go 30 seconds without looking at their iPhone.
If we keep up the pace, and we will, then how can we not get to a point where the only communication we have is a machine?
Warning: Sooner or later your battery is going to go dead and you won’t know how to verbally ask for another one.
PMO
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