Responsible Parenting

Couple of days back one of my couple friends visited me in Muscat. It was a short 2 days visit. They had come with their 5 years old son. Their Son was on the phone most of the time watching YouTube videos. I am a little finicky about these things. I do not like this idea of keeping children engaged on gadgets, whether it is mobile or tv. I kept observing for half a day but after that I could not hold myself back and I asked them. Don't they have any screen time limitation for their child.

I was surprised by the answer, the mother told me that technology is the future and after je grows up he is going to be on these devices all the time so they don't have any problem with it.

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To be honest this is a very different type of parenting that I observed. Most of my friends they do give their children mobile phones with a limited screen time, so I was very amused with this kind of response. I wanted to do further arguments with them on the impact of this habit on the child's mental health but then hubby asked me to be quiet. He was like why do I have to interfere, he is their child. Let them decide.

To an extent he is correct, it's none of my business to interfere in other's personal lives. But I felt sorry for the child. He does not understand what's good and not good for him. It's the parents who need to decide for them. Anyways, we live in a technical world so possibly in the next generation this will be very common.

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