“Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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Jesse Jackson emphasized the importance of parent’s presence for children. For kids, their parents’ love and care are very important to build self-esteem.
And according to a lot of research, self-esteem is important because it is the source of your mental health and has an impact on your life and choices.
A young mom from California, Brandie was wondering about how the technology impacts her twins’ attitude.
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She conducted a little test with her twin boys Blaine and Rylie at her home in November 2015.
She discovered the common truth of what technology do in a family dynamic and posted the result of her observation on Facebook.
Here are the process and conclusion that Blaine got.
“Today I did an experiment, I watched my boys play.point 199 | As I sat quietly in the corner of the room I tallied how many times they looked at me for various reasons: to see if I saw their cool tricks, to seek approval or disapproval for what they were doing, and to watch my reactions.point 381 |
I couldn’t help but wonder if I was on some sort of technology what message would I have been sending?”point 92 | 1
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“28 times my angels would have wondered if the World Wide Web was more important than them.point 127 | 28 times my boys would have not received the attention most adults are searching for.point 198 |
28 times my loves would have questioned if they were alone emotionally.point 258 |
28 times my kids would have been reassured that who you are online is what really matters.point 74 | point 74 | 1
In a world where we are accepted as who people perceive us to be and not who we really are, in a world where validation comes from how many followers or likes we have, in a world where quality time with loved ones is being replaced by isolation and text messages from the other room, I beg you to be different.”
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“Please put down your technology and spend some time with your family & loved ones. The next generation of children is counting on us to teach them how to be adults, don’t be too busy on social media, you never know who is watching and what message you are sending.”
Brandie’s post makes us think more about our attitude of dealing with technology when we are with kids.
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