We see kids of today mostly busy with gadgets and exploring a new world of their's. In this process, they usually tend to miss their childhood days playing outside or bonding with others. A concern and alarming situation for every mommy i guess! It should be, isn't it? We have been kids of 90's and we know how we used to play outside for hours. Vacations were no burden for us and our parents. I still remember often my mum used to drag me and my brother to home who were busy playing outdoors and did not even realize that it meal time or night. Such never returning days were they.
Now as parents were are constantly worried about our kids' education, health, nutrition and what not. We are in a way preparing them for a race that we are into. We do not, at times, when burdened with responsibilities of such race, realize that what are we giving to our kids and what has to be given. We can't put blame on anything on this but its demand of time that we, as mothers, have to be active in all fields. A mother taking care of her kids by staying at home makes this choice, whereas on the other side, a working mother also struggles to make both extremes meet. While i have been both, a mother staying at home and working from home, i, often feel what i am doing to my kid. He is constantly attracted to gadgets, one after the other. Keeping him busy makes a hefty task rather than handling other things at home. The nuclear family set up has now made this much more difficult. If i insist him to play outside, he says no one is there to play. Kids are more indoors now. Their security also makes a point where as parents we make hard choices. We feel they are safer at home as they are in front of their eyes, compromising their physical health by giving them gadgets. Gadgets are for making our lives smooth, i guess they are making it reverse.
When this is taken from point of view of kids, i feel pity for them. Firstly they are devoid of warmth of attachment and attention from elders at home. Not to blame parents, the race they are participating demands this. Secondly we are either equipped with our mobile phones, tablets or laptops whole day. Kids can take things easily that they observe. Now its upto us what we show them. The equipment that we are surrounded with are tempting to us, then why not kids. I always wonder what they would be feeling when we constantly hammer them to keep gadgets off or be away from them. Isn't conflicting to their minds. On one hand we have all gadgets with us and crave for more, on the other hand, we ask our kids to be away from them. Indian values say that to teach our kids good manners, we should follow them first and then expect them to follow. Has not this rule of heart turned topsy turvy? We are conflicting and confusing our kids minds'. We should first learn to be detached with such gadgets and then ask them to. Their innocent minds are struggling to choose between things they cant decide which one is better and which one is harmful. We set example as gadgets are harmful for kids, but beneficial for adults. How far we are justifying ourselves?
As a rule to be and not to be with gadgets, i have fixed a time of the day when my son gets phone and he can play games or watch videos in stipulated time. Once the time is over he has to hand over phone. While in between time interval we won't hammer him with cons of gadget. This makes both of us satisfied. I know this may or may not work for long run but at least i have found temporary solution. This formula works best during school days but vacation period makes things worse. I cant expect him to do handwriting practice or do coloring or watching television or having a gadget all day. All seems nightmares and extreme ends. If i was supposed to do one such activity all day long, i would also run away. So what was solution to it? I did not have an answer to this until i have found "First Cry Intellikit".
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