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Computers will rot your brain. Or... not? I'm 40. I come from an Eastern-Bloc country. Back in the day we raised ourselves, running outside all day, building a
by limaoscarjuliet 11y ago
Computers will rot your brain. Or... not?
I'm 40. I come from an Eastern-Bloc country. Back in the day we raised ourselves, running outside all day, building and breaking friendships by playing sports and other more stupid games (e.g. throwing small rocks at cars - yes, THAT stupid).
Just like kids today have Internet, we had a drug - TV. Grandma said: it would rot your brain, it is the Satan, stay away.
Apparently the TV did not rot my brain. I do not watch it today (other than Netflix). I cannot stand it. Yes, we did not have fun exactly like Grandma had in her youth (I bet she had some fun ;-), but we had fun.
So perhaps tablets are not that bad. Perhaps Internet is not that bad. Sure, it will change us, but - just perhaps - in a good way.
Perhaps it is just us, older folks, who cannot see what is good and what is bad for our kids.
- csorrell 11y agoI grew up with a TV that had no boundaries around it and don't feel like it kept me from experiencing a full childhood either. I did waste a lot of time in front of it but television was mostly just a fallback; I preferred playing outside and with other kids. The thing about TV then that is different from technology now, is that we were limited more by whatever programming the cable networks had scheduled between all those commercials. TV was actually boring most of the time, especially during the day. I have kids now and know that with my oldest at least (11 year old boy), when there are no boundaries around screen time, the screens are always on. There is a lot more going on in the world of video games, movies, the internet, etc. these days which make it easier for kids to get lost in.