Many parents say our generation is more stressful than our parents
Our children are different they are stubborn never obey us nor listen to us
Guess what is the biggest difference ?.…..
Technology is one of the biggest difference ….
When I look at parents in the club or in any outing with their kids while they swing them ,play with them.
They are looking at the mobile or talking in the phone not to talking to their children,nor looking at them
When I ask parent to sit quality time with their kids,they say they do
When they come in the next class they say we found out that we spent most of the time taking picture for them ,not looking at them…
Technology connect us with others but it disconnect us from the one close to us …from our children
Do you know that mobiles ,and all electronic devices take all our concentration and attention!!
Did you ever feel a situation when you are talking in the phone or looking at your PC and your kid is crying and screaming like hell!!
You know why?
How you think your child will feel or think while you sit beside him un-attentive and fully concentrating in your device?
“You love your mobile more than me” this is not my comment it is a comment said by a daughter to her mother in one of my classes .
I assure you all kids feel the same ,but they don’t say it ,they show it in their behavior ,in their bad behavior
Not only that children learn from our behavior and they start to sit for hours on mobile and I-pad ,not attentive to us nor listening to us
What we can do about that?
Kids cannot be isolated from the technology ,the mobile ,I-pad is a must nowadays !!
We can at least ensure to have together time with our kids even fifteen minutes a day where we will sit with them without electronic devices ( no mobile checking , nor emails)
We can explain to them not just by lecturing them but by our behavior that social interaction is equal important than electronic devices
Kids model our behavior,and when we start limiting electronic devices even for few minutes with them ,this is the best thing we can do to teach them
The problem in electronic devices is not only in the lack of concentration and attention our kids face while they are on screen
They miss interacting with others communicating, which affect their social skills negatively
They miss playing,discovering the world which delay their development ,their thinking and learning capabilities