Embracing Digital Children’s Books
Is this a thing of the past? I couldn't find a photo of three smiling children gathered around an Ipad:) So, maybe it isn't, at least not yet.
Do
We Have Digital OCD?
It’s
2011 and no doubt our country is suffering from digital overload and addiction,
and this applies to our children as well. We’re constantly checking, checking,
and then checking. We’ve become a nation of checkers. Constantly checking
something, by the way, is one of the first symptoms of having OCD.
This NYT article caught
my attention. While reading it, I
wondered how many parents out there are struggling with the digital ‘’tug-of-war’’
similar to this parent.
A
Parent’s Honesty
An
interesting article in February of 2011, in the New York Times, “A Parent’s
Struggle with a Child’s apparent Ipad Addiction,” highlighted a parent’s
honesty, reasoning, and guilt, for allowing his son to use his IPad, to the
point where the parent considers whether his son has become addicted. Yes, it
is easy to break out with a series of “bad-parent-scolding statements when you
begin reading. However, this parent also stated that he had set established rules
for using it like:
·
Can’t use it during meal-times.
·
Can’t use it during
homework time,
unless it is for homework ( which is
probably an entirely different topic)
·
Can only use it during
long car rides.
·
No electronics past a
certain time on school days.
This
parent struggles with allowing his six year- old son to use his Ipad., however,
wonders how damaging it really is? He only allows his son to play mind-building
games and nothing from the mindless video game variety. He eventually wonders
whether digital game or app use for children is only the beginning of an
entirely new world of educational possibilities for children. in only a few
limited ways. Why not embrace the possibility of the advent of these new
technologies? Yes, and again, with anything like this, a parent should set
parameters for using it, as this one has.
Here
is the article: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/a-parents-struggle-with-a-childs-ipad-addiction/
Now, today, it is March
10, 2013. I think most people would agree that digital
learning/reading technology is here to stay and in many ways is the opposite of
brain rot.
Digital
Childrens Books
It’s
possible that children’s books can be addictive; used in a digital format on
devices like an Ipad, and be intellectually stimulating as well. Maybe the
parent in the article was ahead of the curve!
Here
are a few articles that explores ‘’Ipad use and children.’’
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