6-11-2021 Kara Swisher, on the Pivot podcast, summed up my views with technology and our children, “There’s not a single tech company I trust with my children”.
Yet, this happens all the time. Screens are used to calm, entertain, “educate”, and babysit our children. If the worst, most unpredictable person you can think of showed up at your door and offered to watch your children, the cops would be called.
So, why do we let them into our homes for free? Why do we take technology, that is proving to make our children more anxious and depressed, and pay them be in our homes?
There is a bigger debate here. A more in depth discussion to be had. This is not something to take lightly or let happen or not happen, because of where, because of how we live today. I just don’t think we are having the conversation. And the think the babysitter wants to get paid.
This has been a great resource for information: https://commercialfreechildhood.org/screen-free-week/.
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