Interesting article depicting almost my current situation as I have a 4 year old. But having said that its very difficult and on other hand not appropriate to remove technology from kids life. On other hand the same technology can be used to teach them what we have learned during our childhood in a different way. Like my son has an iPhone but still dependent on me downloading the applications so I often download some of his choice and some of mine the one which teaches morals / god stories etc. When he sees those, he does some times play them and now almost started liking some of the Ganesh Stories and Shiv Tandav Shostra. But the situation can be really tricky some times.
But one thing is for certain, the more technology comes to our life the level of happiness and satisfaction would decrease.
Character and environment damaging external factors have always existed irrespective of times. It has been and is the duty of parents to provide a healthy growing environment for kids.
Blaming technology and external environment for loss of values and childhood will lead us nowhere.
Parents are rule makers, atleast during the early the years and the rule breakers.....
How far parents live up to the expectations of children? how many times do the actions match the preaching?
I feel majority of the immature parents promote self interest more than family interest.
Wealth, facilities, technology or place have nothing to do with making of good humans and for living a content, happy life.
hmm... this is what will happen when we follow the western religious and its tradition blindly. Instead of leaning some good practise from western people, we are forced to follow the bad things... because of western medias including rediff... mugal and brtish tried thier best to spoil the tradition of india. They succesfully destroyed the indian education system... The concept of caste system was misinterpreted in a very well manner. We deserve to suffer for insluting our tradtion and adopting the western religious and thier culture
Re: Thanks to western culture and its religious
by qwert poiuy on Oct 20, 2010 12:21 PM
why dont you carry nightsoil on your head for the next 2000 years and clear the misinterpretation of the caste system
Undue emphasis appears to have been laid on only the positive aspects of technology-especially that of information media glossing over the negative side of the aspect vis-a-vis the evils sophistication brought in by the advancement in technology.Though the concluding para is somewhat soothing,it requires to be understood that computers,TVs & other media is not all of life which has umpteen subtler aspects to be imbibed from the values taught by our elders from the ancient days.Well!! I too admit that the present day children are very fast & we are no match in picking up certain techno points-especially computer like,but they awfully lack the aptitude & attitudinal empathy for the older systems like remembering the beautiful moral poems/stories taught by our teachers /elders in the house.I think,the pleasure one derives from reading a letter written by a loved one can never happen with 1000 s of email communications that you receive;we awfully lack that personal touch which elegantly knocks at the heart & tenderly awakens the dormant sentiments.;very often,the handwriting of the writer reflects his his/her individuality,state of mind & creates a feeling as if we are talking to them.A man is man & a machine a machine only despite the latter's greater degree of precision.I can only say that our elders had a happier life despite absence of modernity.
Undue emphasis appears to have been laid on only the positive aspects of technology-especially that of information media glossing over the negative side of the aspect vis-a-vis the evils sophistication brought in by the advancement in technology.Though the concluding para is somewhat soothing,it requires to be understood that computers,TVs & other media is not all of life which has umpteen subtler aspects to be imbibed from the values taught by our elders from the ancient days.Well!! I too admit that the present day children are very fast & we are no match in picking up certain techno points-especially computer like,but they awfully lack the aptitude & attitudinal empathy for the older systems like remembering the beautiful moral poems/stories taught by our teachers /elders in the house.I think,the pleasure one derives from reading a letter written by a loved one can never happen with 1000 s of email communications that you receive;we awfully lack that personal touch which elegantly knocks at the heart & tenderly awakens the dormant sentiments.;very often,the handwriting of the writer reflects his his/her individuality,state of mind & creates a feeling as if we are talking to them.A man is man & a machine a machine only despite the latter's greater degree of precision.I can only say that our elders had a happier life despite absence of modernity.
