Day 10
With a Gen Alpha on our hands, the overwhelming need for technology will be more than we can imagine. I have read and also had some very interesting conversations recently about how to tackle the issue of 'how much technology should we expose our one year old to"!? My response on the whole thing is 'a little bit from column A, and a little bit from column B'. OUr children will grown up in a very deferent world to what we remember, with so much stimulation and options, they are going to need to know how to process it all. I am not going to take the self righteous stance and think that Cohen will not want and need to know all about the latest and greatest (especially if he is anything like his father), however i am also conscious that too much of a good thing can have a negative result. After all the boy is only 1! So my plan is to make him aware and understand the world around him; weather that be how our plants in the vegie garden grow, or what wet paint feels like when its smooshed into his hands (and his hair and mouth) and also how to use and understand how technology works. I believe that things such as ipads can be a great learning tool for kids and if they grown up with them it will be second nature, and hopefully advantageous. Don' get me wrong you are not going to see Cohen playing games solo on the ipad however reading books or learning about what sounds different animals make with Chad is a-o-k with me.
jx
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