>Tablets/Phones/screen time disables cognitive abilities of kids and reduces them to dumb clicking machines.
Sure, if you hand your kid a phone and walk away, that's a likely outcome.
Phones/tablets/etc. are tools that can and should be leveraged. But you need to teach your kids how to properly use the tools (which is not a one-time conversation). It seems like many people skip that part for some reason or another. Age-appropriate oversight is also a necessity that is often skipped.
Having a pocket library/language instructor/graph calculator/music theory coach/etc. (i.e. a phone) is an absolute superpower that can accelerate learning significantly.
However, every time I suggest that you can teach kids to responsibly use technology it seems to be an unpopular opinion. I'm not exactly sure why, though. So if you don't agree, I'd love to hear your side.
Sure, if you hand your kid a phone and walk away, that's a likely outcome.
Phones/tablets/etc. are tools that can and should be leveraged. But you need to teach your kids how to properly use the tools (which is not a one-time conversation). It seems like many people skip that part for some reason or another. Age-appropriate oversight is also a necessity that is often skipped.
Having a pocket library/language instructor/graph calculator/music theory coach/etc. (i.e. a phone) is an absolute superpower that can accelerate learning significantly.
However, every time I suggest that you can teach kids to responsibly use technology it seems to be an unpopular opinion. I'm not exactly sure why, though. So if you don't agree, I'd love to hear your side.