Difference between revisions of "Technological babysitting in Child Care"
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A rising number of parents have limited time to spend with their kids so it has become increasing common for parents to use technologies to babysit their children. This means that from an early age kids are exposed to the latest TV, computer, Play Station, DVD, Wii, iPod etc. as the main source of entertainment and education. <br> | A rising number of parents have limited time to spend with their kids so it has become increasing common for parents to use technologies to babysit their children. This means that from an early age kids are exposed to the latest TV, computer, Play Station, DVD, Wii, iPod etc. as the main source of entertainment and education. <br> | ||
<h2>Enablers</h2> | <h2>Enablers</h2> | ||
60% of mothers go to work instead of being home and teaching their children games to play<br> | |||
Increasing GDP per capita: with the increase in disposable income more parents will use technology to replace child entertainment and education<br> | |||
Access and development of entertainment technology: Children are currently born in a digital age where technology surrounds them in all aspects of their lives. By 2003, 70% of US 4-6 year old children had used a computer. 68% of children under 2 used the screen media for an average of 2 hours. (Kaiser Family Foundation)<br> | |||
Child advertising: kids are easily influenced so it is the child advertising that determines what interests kids and essentially what new skills they will learn<br> | |||
interests kids and essentially what new skills they will learn<br> | |||
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Relatively high prices of technological gadgets(till now) <br> | |||
Children are not allowed to use technological gadgets at school<br> | |||
<h2>Paradigm</h2> | <h2>Paradigm</h2> | ||
Once introduced to technological entertainment many kids find playing with Barbies or Lego no longer entertaining or enjoyable. This means that in the future these kids will only be interested in things which come in a digital format. By the time kids go to school they will no longer be interested in the old school way of learning with pen and paper and will be disengaged. <br> | Once introduced to technological entertainment many kids find playing with Barbies or Lego no longer entertaining or enjoyable. This means that in the future these kids will only be interested in things which come in a digital format. By the time kids go to school they will no longer be interested in the old school way of learning with pen and paper and will be become increasingly disengaged. <br> | ||