“The smartphone changed from being our servant to being our master, for many people,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says. What does this mean for the development of children and teens?
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in STEAM lab the other day, my students had "choice day" and ALL BUT THREE (out of 15 present) chose a tactile activity, every other student rushed for the computers. it's so depressing!!!
They said the same things about television and kids. Yet, I vividly remember spending entire days outside without any parental supervision. Though my brother did start the neighborhood on fire so there was that.
Tho, TV didn't/doesn't offer infinite avenues of INTERaction. We still had TV shows in common, and would TALK about them. One reality. Now everyone has their own silo. A zillion *realities* (b/c no vetting, fact checking etc)
I just listened to an interview with Haidt. The Social Media stuff is vitally important. He's opinion that morals are a shared human cellular thing is totally inaccurate as is his analogy about taste buds. He never visited cultures where people are equal.
The 'strict father model' and the 'nurturing family' (George Lakoff terms) both exist. The biggest issue in modern countries like the US is wanting 'life to be easy' and the loss of skills. Apparently, modernization was going to bring more 'leisure' so what did we expect to happen?
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in STEAM lab the other day, my students had "choice day" and ALL BUT THREE (out of 15 present) chose a tactile activity, every other student rushed for the computers. it's so depressing!!!
what a sad excuse for childhood!
It's not the same. It's sad.