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RE: Children and Smartphones: The Ecotrain Question of the Week
This is an important issue that all parents need to think about. We too have allowed our children to enjoy electronic devices. As parents, we need to make sure we do not allow devices to become babysitters. I think that it is also important to talk to our kiddos about the downfalls of any digital addiction (lack of exercise, exposure to crude photos and videos, etc)
I really appreciated this line:
The truth, I believe, is kids aren’t any more addicted to any of this stuff than we are.
So true. Thanks for the thought-provoking post.
Thanks so much for the comment. I agree that open and honest conversation is so crucial, especially when we can be honest about our own challenges. The babysitting thing is funny because sometimes I will try to convince them to watch a show or a movie, but they often have zero interest because when they're allowed to watch they don't want to.
When we got to that age with the older kids, we had serious conversations about porn, chat safety, etc. It's hard to overemphasize how important that is.