What did you really give them, for Christmas?

Picture courtesy of Erna Reihana

Well, according to the associated press, if you've given them yet more electronic items, you may have just given them a healthy dose of behavioural problems and delayed social development. 

One topic our family was discussing this Christmas was just how computer savey kids are now. The discussion started with an acknowledgement that kids text rather than talk, possibly because they can do it that much quicker. But that's not all that they can do, according to the article (see link below) the average three year old can now master a tablet.

Parents try and convince themselves that their kids are gaining through such things as so called 'educational apps', but the reality is often less comforting-imagine-if a three year old can handle a tablet that means they can stream uncensored video, be in contact with who knows who on Facebook and such alike. Even something as simple as 'keeping them quiet in the back of the car' is eroding our kids ability to be patient. Psychologists tell us that one of the known characteristics of Sociopathic individuals is their poor 'impulse control' i. e. their inability to put off what they want now, until later.....in other words, to have patience.


Thanks to Michael Sestak for sharing this:


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KIDS_AND_TABLETS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-12-24-10-22-32