Perhaps the most acute problem today is the relationship between technology and quality of life. The influence of technology on the brain development and emotional life of children is being talked about in all voices. For decades, neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists have studied the problem from all angles. It seems that there is nothing more to add.

These studies are obviously diverse. They stand for whatever you want, for or against technology.

However, since the problem is so big and the future of our children is at stake, we have an obligation to think – individually – about concrete solutions. Whether we like it or not, technology is part of our lives. What we usually learn from research is that technology is neither good nor bad, but what we do with it is either good or bad. We know that technology is everywhere, and this forces us to consciously position ourselves for its challenges. Some believe that children should stay away from technology for as long as possible, some believe that until about 16 years old. We also know that adults should use it sparingly and wisely. Even research in favor of technology speaks of the need for a responsible attitude.

As a parent of two young children, I have a direct interest in learning how technology affects children’s brains, bodies, and emotions. Since there are already a huge number of articles and books on these topics, and since technology makes them available to us (all at the click of a button), I won’t go into detail.

However, I point out the main negative consequences of the use of technology by children and adults: mmemoryResearchers say that she is not stimulated enough, so she becomes weaker; thinking it is less tested, remaining rudimentary; attentiontions and concentration they are under direct attack, and here children suffer the most (the prefrontal section, which is responsible for attention, concentration and coordination, develops last); body he also suffers – from insufficient muscle development, passing through the risks of obesity and ending with errors of perception and poor/deficient placement in his own body (thermoregulation, body coordination, orientation in space, etc.); decreases, obviously, and art (which requires optimal stimulation, not an excess to which we barely respond, that is, in cases where we are not confused).

What, in fact, is the final consequence, that is, the evil to which all the above-mentioned shortcomings lead? We will have a child with attitude reactive (attitude towards oneself, the world and life), essentially reactive meaning passivecomplex. why Because reactivity it depends on the stimulationbeyond which it does not exist. An agitated child is a stimulus-dependent child, not an active (autonomous) child.

Let me give an example: my boy (not yet eight years old) occasionally plays chess with his sister, who is a year and a half older. Their play, when it happens to play, lasts as long as it lasts, not long, but not short either. They sit, think, get angry, argue, but in general, the dynamics are typical of any game/competition for two. One evening, for a reason I don’t remember, I let him play chess on the tablet. He started playing, playing, playing and playing again until I heard some suspicious sounds from him in the room, irritation and even aggression: he was throwing the tablet on the pillow. He was nervous and pale. I confiscated his tablet. He resisted with all his might. What happened? After all, what is the difference between the chess he plays with his sister and the chess on the tablet? There was more activity with my sister, more reactivity with the tablet.

Reactivity, I repeat, means passivity. I’m sure you recognize these traits and behaviors in all children, teens, and adults who use computers frequently. Responsiveness is driven/contributed to the combination of ease with which you get what you want and the fast frame rate of almost everything you do on a computer (including social media). Here comes the temptation multitaskingthat is, the ability to effectively and simultaneously respond to as many stimuli as possible.

The work ofparents transfer the child from a state of passivity (the state of a baby) to a state of activity (a responsible adult). We are good parents if we manage to create the necessary conditions for children to be able to stand on their own feet, think independently and decide their own lives. Short, to I havethe courage to shootcrayfishcomplex byyour.

To experience something, anything, we need attention. The quality of life depends on the quality of attention. In our everyday discussions, we often refer – moralizing or didactic – to attention, and we all know in theory that attention is important. We also know that attention does not have the same prestige as thoughts or emotions. The latter, as we say, are productive, and attention is only regulatory.

Actually, attentionshe is the one who makes everything possible and is at the center of everything. People, ideas, emotions, values, objects, anything, simple No they exist if you don’t pay attention to them. Will without attention is nonsense: where are you going? Consciousness without attentionfor you it is an impossibility, an aberration. Love without attention: an empty word (beloved is by definition inattentive, i.e he doesn’t love!!!). Without attention we have nothing. Reality only exists when I look at it. This is one of the strongest ideas of William James.

For passive attention, that is, one that depends on stimuli, reality exists only in its dramatic details: bright colors, high speed, noise, etc. That being said, when Americans and Japanese were asked to analyze an aquatic environment for twenty seconds, the Americans saw a large blue fish, while the Japanese saw flowing water, rocks, plants, and fish (cf. Richard E. Nisbett, 2003). . For the Japanese, the reality was bigger and richer.

So, I said above that reality only exists when you look at it. What else needs to be said is that by looking at reality, you are already participating in it. Carefullythere is already participation. Thanks to participation, attention grows in a spiraling manner. Concrete: whatnd eyou get to know a person carefully, you see him better, more complex, etcfully. When you see it better, you know it better, and you experience that knowledge more intensely and with more nuance: knowledge and experience make me more attentive and motivated. Read the rest on Contributors.ro