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I agree that tablets/phones/etc are a great way for children to learn and interact. However, I'm always weary that they become accustomed to getting everything

by rbol 13y ago

I agree that tablets/phones/etc are a great way for children to learn and interact. However, I'm always weary that they become accustomed to getting everything "on demand". Anecdotally, I have young family members who have a hard time focusing when it comes to things like homework. I guess it's possible that I could have imagined this connection though. I'd love to see a study take a look at how these devices affect children's attention spans as they get older.

jonpeda 13y ago
"Devices" have been driving children to "epidemic" levels of ADHD for a decade or two at least, so it is hard to see the connection now. I suspect it's more to do with general increase in wealth (at least as far as access to toys and kid-size luxuries, even though we lack overall real estate and retirement wealth for adults) and lower demands on our children in recent decades.
officemonkey 13y ago
As a relatively new parent, I'm wary about this "epidemic" of ADHD. Ken Robinson did a fascinating talk on this: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_par...