2Cents-December2013
The Touch-Screen Generation
Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
Based on the article “The Touch-Screen Generation” published in the April 2013 online issue of The Atlantic how do you feel digital technology and the rapid pace by which it changes will affect the development of your children.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250/
December 6th, 2013 at 8:56 am
Last night I watched my 10 year old daughter type better than I can and use a cloud app to do her homework, store and organize her projects, and then send the finished assignment to her teacher when finished. I was astonished and proud. I was also excited to see this development. I know not of the physical aspects or possible harm this may cause in the future but digital technology is a real part of life and I felt a little less stressed about how my children will ‘do’.
I do agree with the article…as long as we balance the technology with physical activity and play/discover time then I feel great things on the horizon for the generations to come.