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I do agree that these tablets have a place in education but they do not lead to interaction with others except by text or phone and I think it is very rude to sit in company with others playing games on their own .
Just had a conversation with the mother of one of my great grandchildren .he is 4 next week and she buys him all these gadgets,which in my mind doesn't help with imagination ...give them a cardboard box and play with them and they'll be happy turning into all sorts of things.
Peer pressure has a big part to play in this and so many young people go into debt to get these tablets and other gadgets for such young children instead of reading to them and playing games.
My grandchildren always came for Christmas when young and they still remember the lovely times we had playing and interacting with them
As for the Daily Mail.I look at it on line and as with any paper,you believe what you want to as they all have to make news to sell newspapers.
Used to get the Telegraph,but got fed up with the broadsheets and all the supplements.
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I remember avidly watching the BBC "Demonstration" programs In black n white.......
how cables are made , for example
much in the flavour of "How its Made"...........
reading by torchlight..........."forging" my mums name so I could get books from the library..............
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This relates to children rather than babies. I have a brownie unit which is girls between the ages of 7 and 10 and last night each group was given just newspaper and sellotape. As it was Burns night on Monday they were told they had to dress one member of their group in a newspaper kilt but whatever else they did was up. One group created a sporran and bonnet another added a bow to a girls hair. It was wonderful to see all the different ideas that came out a simple instruction.
The second one also involves my brownies. One of my work colleagues needed to use my girls as Guinea pigs for a design project for her university course. The girls were allowed to work in pairs and all they told was they had to draw a chair. One groups chair was made like a stained glass window, one was a bench that swung, one was a monster chair and another one had cup holders. I have 28 girls and no two designs were the same. They were later allowed to make the chairs out of thin card and string and it was amazing to see how each pair reacted to the challenge of making their design instead of just drawing it.
As others have said everything in moderation all of my girls have an iPad and yet none of their creativity has obviously been seriously damaged.
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The problem is, some children arrive at school not knowing what a book is!!
Yes, this has always happened, but it is on the increase.
My grandsons (5 and 8) have tablets - at their dads!! (parents separated) which I think is no bad thing (the tablets being at their dads, but also the fact that my daughter is no longer with the &%$*£"&) they have limited access - only use them (constantly) at their dad's.
My daughter's living room is floor to ceiling with bookcases - filled with books! (not bad for a dyslexic).
Daughter is always reading, as is the boys' 13 year old sister, when she's not on her phone :-(
My daughter also does 'craft' with the children, and takes (drags) them to National Trust places.
When they stay with me, the boys just want to draw/do craft type things (very good for hand/eye co-ordination) - and take turns to play games on my PC - half hour sessions each, in turn. Or we got for a walk. They play with mecanno, lego and search for spiders in the garden - looking them up on my PC.
If they stay overnight, it's no PC for 2 hours before bed, bath, then upstairs to the spare bedroom, lined with tempting cupboards full of books that they're not allowed to touch, and a bookcase full of books for them.
Elder grandson became obsessed with a type of book. I saw a load for sale in a charity shop and bought them for him. He wasn't bothered with the PC that day.....
Variety is the spice of life - children need to be introduced to ALL forms/aspects of communication/life/etc.
Elder grandson was once so engrossed with a PC game, that he twice ignored my instruction to wash his hands as lunch was nearly ready.
He came to the table, and wondered why he had no lunch. After 5 minutes, I informed him it was in the kitchen waiting for him to wash his hands. The poor lad didn't know what to do. I then informed him (very grumpily) that the skivvy had either gone home or was eating her lunch, and he'd have to bring it in himself when his hands were washed.
His lunch was a bit cool. He hasn't ignored me since, and has learned the hard way that it's best not to ignore the grrrrandmamamama!!!
Younger grandson is more outgoing, but is learning from his elder brother's mistakes - he's ALWAYS first to wash his hands after THAT incident!! :-D
He's also more receptive to the 'granny scowl'.
All 3 are doing very well at school, they are the 'rule', NOT the exception!!
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My cat is v well behaved :-)
I rarely read any of the UK print / online press I don't have the time.
I am not a fan of any of them - days behind with the news, key stuff omitted and all with a heavy slant and barely hidden agenda.
I do hold formal qualifications in cognitive development and I.T.
Don't let that worry you tho'.
That children of any age need lots of interaction with people especially parents is obvious. It is equally obvious that toys, dummies and computer tablets are no sort of substitute. It should also be obvious that there is nothing intrinsically wrong in allowing kids access to tablets and such so long as they don't become an all day comfort blanket.
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Right Rollo, at last we seem to be singing from the same song sheet. If you don't read/watch any news I would be interested to know how you keep up with what is going on around you and in the world. Biased they may be but newspapers etc do give an inkling of what is going on.
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