PRESSURE FRIEND LIFE SADNESS FEEL FIND PARENT CHILD GET HOMEWORK FUN FAMILY TECHNOLOGY INSIST
Peter Wanless has warned ___ a nation of deeply ___ children, due to “the ___ to keep up with ___ and have the perfect ___ online... adding to the ___ that many young people ___ every day”. New research ___ Action For Children (AFC) ___ that one in four ___ struggles to control their ___’s screen use, 10% of ___ find it hard to ___ their kids to do ___ and 18% can’t get ___ to go to sleep ___ night.
AFC suggests limiting ___’s screen time by planning ___ activities for the whole ___ that don’t involve technology ___ creating a balance between ___ use and other activities, ___ that, for every hour ___ screen, children should have ___ do an hour of ___ else.
Sorry, none of that’s ever going to work on any teen I know, for that matter; it’s too late for that now. No, it’s time for some Victorian-style parenting. So last night we sat our son Fred down and laid down the law: from this Sunday, he’s to hand in his phone to us by 10.30 pm on school nights -no discussion, no argument, just good old-fashioned “because I said so”. His response? “No way. That is so unfair. I’ve done nothing wrong!”
Sure, you can blame the parents for this whole mess - if we hadn’t filled our homes with smartphones and tablets and laptops and desktops, none of this would ever have happened. You can even blame society or the government. Or it could be Tim Berners-Lee’s fault for inventing the web.
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Have fun....and take care! 259 JUN-A-2016
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Have fun....and take care! 259 JUN-A-2016
