The Dilemma Of Being A Good Parent In The Digital Era

Nowadays, technology has overcome a lot of things and almost everything is somehow connected to the digital world. One cannot stop their child from using new technologies or bound them of doing something they do not want to do. However, it Is really important for a parent to let their child know the difference of good and bad, and make them feel confident of themselves.

A lot of people limit their kids from technology as they believe that it will take away their power of own thinking. But that is not true, once the child gets to know more about any stuff, their mind starts to explore new things and they become more creative and the curiousness in them makes them a creative person.

A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation stated, "The majority of 8- to 18-year-olds say they don't have any rules about the type of media content they can use or the amount of time they can spend with the medium." This statement seemed to suggest that parents are giving their children the freedom to access any media content, which could lead them to some age-inappropriate and explicit content.

So, a parent should never stop parenting their child, they should provide them everything but should set some rules as well. According to the report, an American teen spends around eight hours a day in front of their mobile or television screens.

When parents stop parenting and do not set some rules, children get so involved in the digital media that they start ignoring everyone around them. This could also lead to children having no time for their family, which they should.

Meanwhile, New York Times revealed that even though Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a succecful information technology entrepreneur and imventor, he was a "low-tech parent." He also stressed that technology affects the family connection hence it is imperative for parent to set some limits and rules.

Walter Isaacson, the person who wrote Steve Job's biography, said, "Every evening Steve made it a point of having dinner at the big long table in their kitchen, discussing books and history and a variety of things... No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer."