The story about a little girl saying it is her mother's phone the thing she hates the most in the world it is really touching...and revealing. Today's kids have been born in a world where technology and online reality rule, they have been familiar with them all their lives, and their attitude to them is more objective than that of adults. And they see their many bad points, and are likely to react against them.
I see kids getting picked up at school at the end of the day....sometimes.. mums or dads barely acknowledge the child....no smile or hug....barely look away from their phones. They go home to their own phone...or games console....many people rarely interact with their kids at all....speach, language and social skills are suffering greatly becauae of it.
It is so true. And when the boy brought back a box of coloured kinetic sand from school just now, I sat down to play with him. He is fourteen. I'm just glad I did not give away the sandcastle molds from his childhood to the Salvation Army yet. Handphones and gadgets take away so much of our time. The less of it, the better.
@novembermoon Play with him, enjoy those moments. It is great you have a boy that still enjoys playing with physical things. And he is lucky to have a great mom always willing to play with him 😊
I feel pity every single day when I go out and see people with their phoned in the hands, didn’t realising of there’s a person or a doggie they can’t step on or a car approaching.
