Throughout my life, I tried not to go that far in technology. It’s obvious that technology is not my thing and it never was. But what happens when children begin to appear and with them, the world opens to thousands of ideas and new practices?
Once at the pediatrician’s, I was sitting next to me, a woman of about 45, waiting for the same doctor. Suddenly, with a mobile phone in his hand, he looks at me and starts talking to me, saying that I’m not very sociable.
-What does this Facebook thing tell me … with a face that does not understand too much. And the conversation continues, more than a conversation was a monologue. Have not you heard of atrocities committed through this network? He asks me, and me with a smile and shaking my head I say no. Many people with fake personalities, changed names and other people discuss and engage in conversations, and even children and adolescents. How much our children are exposed, and for that, there is no sex, no matter the girl or the child.
– I already said that, I started to pay more attention to him and, therefore, to all the parents that I could, I urge you to learn to use the technology and to accompany your children who are their friends in the networks and friendships that today are not only flesh and blood, but also virtual and very dangerous.
I believe that after this comment, I have not looked for anything more in my life and with more interest than to approach technology, which is also a continuous search but easy to reach.
I remember that before, it was enough to go to a library to access information or to people who had the purchasing power to buy them on a particular subject.
Today, with a mobile phone and an internet connection, we have all the information at your fingertips. When I sit down and think, I find the reason for these famous words … There is no better teacher than the need.
The thirst for knowing how things, our young people and our children are that parents investigate and we are experts in various subjects. This is a challenge we face as we have been parents, but it is when we realize that they are a world different from ours.