Digital Content with a Purpose

They say charity begins at home and that’s more than true if you ask me. Growing up, I learnt first hand most of what I knew from home and same applies to most kids. The home is the first school of a child even before he or she starts to see the oustide world and the whole school setting. Children are fast learners and they therefore tend to learn from what they see most of the time. They are able to pick bits and pieces here and there and that’s it!

This is why most at times parents are advised against using certain words in the presence of their kids. You’ve probably come across that one kid who uses foul words most of the time when relating with his peers. With this kid, there’s a high possibility he learnt all these words from the people around him at home, be it parents , siblings and the likes.

In this era of digitalization, our kids learn so much from what they see. Either on the television, their tablets or even the mobile phones of those around. These days , you walk into a home and see kids sitting right in front of the television with their full attention. Other kids you would also find would probably have kids tablets to play games and watch all these rhymes for kids.

These days, every parent wants his child to learn so much since everything is out there on the internet already. Some parents tend to give out electronic gadgets to their kids for the purpose of learning while others give them out to get their kids off their back. Regardless, I believe no parent gives his child access to the internet with bad intentions. However, the digital world is not entirely favorable to children and these children sometimes have access to all sorts of content which might not be fit for their eyes.

Most of the things we see our kids say or do todays is likely from what they see on the television or their tablets. Most parents however, do not know about the parental control system on most content on the internet. This system allows parents to select the kind of content their kid has access to. We might have all probably come across this option on our YouTube pages which I think would be a perfect example.

As a parent or guardian, it is important to pay very close attention to the kind of content your kid has access to in the digital world. What we learn reflects in who we are and I know the we all wish to raise responsible and decent kids who would grow to become the future of our world. So, as parents, let’s all endeavor to make it a point to pay more attention to our kids digital presence, instead of leaving them to have access to content which might not be of good benefit to them.
I hope this helps someone out there.

This is my entry to the #augustinleo prompt day 5. Read more about it here- August INLEO writing prompt.

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