Other day I had gone to my friend’s place for a get together. My friend has a 13 month old baby and he was mentioning that the baby does not eat his food unless they put him in front of their television. They had also found that the baby would concentrate on TV much better if the advertisements are on. The other guest present seconded this technique as their 9 month old baby does the same. He expressed his innovativeness by saying that she has burnt a CD copying few advertisements and he will switch this on whenever he wants to feed his baby. And hence he does not have to wait for the TV to role out the advertisements!
I keep wondering how did we, as babies, eat our food since there were no TVs at that time!
Is it not the fact that all of us as parents have been responsible for making our children addictive to gadgets from their early days and finally forcing them to be slaves to these gadgets? There is no doubt to the fact that the gadgets are very useful in serving their purpose and are designed to recreate or to educate or to improve efficiency in us etc. But becoming slaves to these gadgets is the worst thing that can happen. I feel that this is the most common and fast spreading disease of this century for the human race and seems to have no immediate remedy.
I keep wondering how did we, as babies, eat our food since there were no TVs at that time!
Is it not the fact that all of us as parents have been responsible for making our children addictive to gadgets from their early days and finally forcing them to be slaves to these gadgets? There is no doubt to the fact that the gadgets are very useful in serving their purpose and are designed to recreate or to educate or to improve efficiency in us etc. But becoming slaves to these gadgets is the worst thing that can happen. I feel that this is the most common and fast spreading disease of this century for the human race and seems to have no immediate remedy.
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