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In early childhood, children's brains will rapidly adapt to their environment (https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/11/9/571/2648303?login=false https://academi
by ndiddy 4y ago
In early childhood, children's brains will rapidly adapt to their environment (https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/11/9/571/2648303?login=false https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/11/9/571/2648303?login=...), for example Aboriginal Australian children develop strong spatial cognition to survive in an environment with few landmarks (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0010028581900177 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/001002...). It'll be interesting to see what happens when the generation of children whose brains have adapted to oversaturated, constantly changing, narrative-free stimuli by being raised on YouTube Kids reaches adulthood.
- JadeNB 4y ago> It'll be interesting to see what happens when the generation of children whose brains have adapted to oversaturated, constantly changing, narrative-free stimuli by being raised on YouTube Kids reaches adulthood. This sounds word for word like worries about the first generation of children raised with ready access to TVs.
- cowtools 4y agoIt could be a difference in kind, not merely a difference in degree. Besides, who is to say that TV did not have negative effects?
- sumedh 4y agoYou can make the same arguments in the past about kids watching TV and then kids using a PC. In 10 years, parents will be complaining about AR/VR
- rpmisms 4y ago> You can make the same arguments in the past about kids watching TV and then kids using a PC. Yes. This is true, and they're still valid complaints. I grew up (currently in my 20s) without a TV or PC with a GUI. > In 10 years, parents will be complaining about AR/VR Same potential for completely ruining kids, if not worse.
- sumedh 4y ago> This is true, and they're still valid complaints. Not giving access to PCs/Ipads etc is not a good solution though. I would complain that your parents robbed you of some cool experiences by not letting you use a TV or a PC.