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12.7.09
Interacting with digital gadgets can be highly seductive and absorbing because such devices offer so many great opportunities for so many simultaneous activities. For many, especially youngsters, executive decisions about what to do first and what to defer, what can have priority and what cannot, are difficult to make on the run with the stream of information flowing so powerfully into our lives. To some, a frenzy of multitasking and texting can be a wonderful alternative to dealing with more difficult things like relationships or other serious matters. For others, they offer the illusion of quality relationships through a mere quantity of trivial connections. It is becoming increasingly necessary for parents to take charge and focus kids’ media lives into constructive channels.
The Dangers Of Multitasking And How To Stop
Link to Original Article
12.7.09
Interacting with digital gadgets can be highly seductive and absorbing because such devices offer so many great opportunities for so many simultaneous activities. For many, especially youngsters, executive decisions about what to do first and what to defer, what can have priority and what cannot, are difficult to make on the run with the stream of information flowing so powerfully into our lives. To some, a frenzy of multitasking and texting can be a wonderful alternative to dealing with more difficult things like relationships or other serious matters. For others, they offer the illusion of quality relationships through a mere quantity of trivial connections. It is becoming increasingly necessary for parents to take charge and focus kids’ media lives into constructive channels.