Families.com believes that while technology today is useful, it makes it hard for people to relate to each other.
And when it comes to you and your kids, not being able to relate to one another is detrimental to the parent-child relationship.
You can’t fight the changing times. Well, you can, but you’d be fighting a losing battle from the start. Technology is alive and well and it is immortal. Resisting it isn’t the answer. You need to work with it.
If you feel that technology makes it hard for your kids to relate to others, the solution isn’t to ban cell phones and the Internet. The truth is, your kids will, sooner or later, find a way to weave technology into their lives.
But as a parent, what you can do is set a limit on how much technology can be used around the house. Limit the number of texts your kids can send a month, and the hours they can spend on the computer doing non-homework activities.
You can’t get rid of technology, but you can enforce some rules when it comes to using it.
How do you feel about technology? Do you think it’s a bad thing? Or should we embrace it?
Technology Makes it Hard to Relate [Families.com]
