Age Appropriate Technology: What parents need to know!
The first thing parents want to do when their child misbehaves is to ground them from electronics. Our culture has created an environment where electronics is all about entertainment. Real life computer usage isn’t like that, so we as parents must start helping our children make the adjustment. Brain Nutrition When we feed our children, we do not feed them dessert only, we make them eat their vegetables. When we have our children read books, we find books and movies that might add to their moral or intellectual character and reflect our value system. When we allow our children to play with electronics, time must be spent on educational games as well as play. We prefer educational games that are fun. Do we eat our dessert first or do we eat our vegetables first? Have your children spend 10-15 minutes on something they are not as familiar with before you allow them to go onto what they want to play. Egads! Coding? My child?!!! Coding has the reputation of being “hard. When we hear ...