Parenting In The Digital Age Analysis

“How we’re adjusting to parenting in the digital age” was written by Hayley Tsukayama and published on November 17, 2015, in The Washington Post. In this article, Tsukayama sates “19 percent of parents limit their kids to five hours of tech use or less per week. Meanwhile, only 36 percent use parental controls to limit their kid's tech use with many saying they don’t see the need to because they trust their children’s judgment and other household rules to keep things in hand.” (7) That's a rather challenging figure, said “the safety institutes executive director, Stephen Balkam, whose organization designed the Good Digital Parenting initiative to educate parents about how to deal with this brave new world.” Several parents told researchers that they know they could be putting their own phones down more often, whether it’s taking a break from social media or curbing tech use behind the wheel while driving. “I know people are watching, like my son, one parent of a teenager said of putting the phone down at red lights”(14). Balkam said, “despite the pitfalls that parents may face, he’s an eternal optimist about parents being able to handle whatever new technology is thrown at them.” (18)

I agree, with the parents that allow their children to use technology because I allow my god-daughter to use technology to a certain extent. Recent technology is a good way to help a child learn. My three years old god-daughter Zariah knows how to work a phone. I just added a little educational spin to it. Newer technology comes with the fun game that teachers and parents can use to teach their kids ABC’s, 123s, and how to spell their names. The way that I look at it based on my personal experience is that a child should be allowed to use technology to a certain extent as long as the parent is monitoring