Evolution or a Bad Thing?

[📚 Dianne 📚]

 www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/well/family/screen-use-tied-to-childrens-brain-development.html


www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/health/screen-time-lower-brain-development-preschoolers-wellness/index.html

Due to babies screen time their brains seem to be changing and I  was wondering if this is actually a good thing because the world is changing - a natural evolution of sorts. We are a more computer aided world than past generations.  Past generations were  more physical generations but open to new ideas.


What do you think?  Natural, (due to world changes)  evolution or a very bad thing?

 If you are older than a Millennial what did you do for your kids to keep them  quiet or occupied?

[Bugme]

Nov 5, 2019 5:47:30 GMT -8 📚 Dianne 📚 said:

...If you are older than a Millennium what did you do for your kids to keep them  quiet or occupied?

"Go outside and play! You can come in the house when the streetlights come on."

[T.C.]

Nov 5, 2019 9:59:02 GMT -8 Bugme said:

Nov 5, 2019 5:47:30 GMT -8 📚 Dianne 📚 said:

...If you are older than a Millennium what did you do for your kids to keep them  quiet or occupied?

"Go outside and play! You can come in the house when the streetlights come on."

Ditto!

[Retread]

Nov 5, 2019 5:47:30 GMT -8 📚 Dianne 📚 said:

If you are older than a Millennium

There are times when I feel that old but I still have a few centuries to go before I get there.

[wildmaven]

With the increased easy access to information, no one needs to remember anything anymore.

[📚 Dianne 📚]

Nov 5, 2019 10:16:25 GMT -8 Retread said:

Nov 5, 2019 5:47:30 GMT -8 📚 Dianne 📚 said:

If you are older than a Millennium

There are times when I feel that old but I still have a few centuries to go before I get there.

[Syko Nachoman]

Nov 5, 2019 10:17:57 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

With the increased easy access to information, no one needs to remember anything anymore.

Yeah, I agree with *glances up toward Quote box* wildmaven.

[daniel]

Working around phones and tablets, I see this all the time.. One thing that bothers me- parents are using and abusing screens as babysitters. They're interacting less with their own children because the screen keeps the kid distracted.

Also important, kids are less likely to learn how to "be still," how to be calm and patient while doing nothing. In my opinion this is an important life skill that the younger generations are not able to develop.

Maybe it's an evolution, and it will certainly change how our brains are wired, but I consider a lot of it to be neglect, especially when it comes to toddlers and very little kids.

[📚 Dianne 📚]

Nov 5, 2019 15:29:08 GMT -8 daniel said:

Working around phones and tablets, I see this all the time.. One thing that bothers me- parents are using and abusing screens as babysitters. They're interacting less with their own children because the screen keeps the kid distracted.

Also important, kids are less likely to learn how to "be still," how to be calm and patient while doing nothing. In my opinion this is an important life skill that the younger generations are not able to develop.

Maybe it's an evolution, and it will certainly change how our brains are wired, but I consider a lot of it to be neglect, especially when it comes to toddlers and very little kids.

Thank you Daniel.  So you  think it's a natural evolution due to the changing tech world with a large dollop of, perhaps, poor parenting? 

At the time I was young, I already had a difficult time sitting still without a book to read or a coloring book to work on... so maybe this "evolution" started back then?  Then again back then TV was just for the adults, they made the program decisions...I got to watch some morning children's program SOMETIMES! Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo etc...

[daniel]

Social evolution? sure, a little. Not biological, as that happens over the course of a much longer time frame and number of generations.

More lazy parenting than anything else, IMO.

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Nov 5, 2019 10:17:57 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

With the increased easy access to information, no one needs to remember anything anymore.

If I were to be arrested I'd have no idea who to call because you dont have to remember numbers anymore or even dial them this making my phone call useless.