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<h2>Description</h2> | |||
A rising number of parents have limited time to spend with their kids so it has become increasingly 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> | |||
in urban areas: more than 50% of world population live in urban areas where child daytime activity is very limited due to area and security concerns <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> | |||
<h2>Inhibitors</h2> | |||
Health warning about children spending too much time in front of monitors<br> | |||
Warnings about the low social interaction skills of children who have been technologically babysat<br> | |||
other indoor and outdoor entertainment (eg BMX, Barbies, Lego )<br> | |||
Relatively high prices of technological gadgets(till now) <br> | |||
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<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 become increasingly disengaged. <br> | |||
<h2>Experts</h2> | |||
<h2>Timing</h2> | |||
It is hard to get the milestones of all entertainment technologies however the Play Station timeline is a good representative of the fast trends and the years since which technology has become an optional babysitter:<br> | |||
It is hard to get the milestones of all entertainment technologies however the Play Station timeline is a good representative of the fast trends:<br> | |||
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<h2>Web Resources</h2> | |||