RE: Poor Digital Substitutes
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It is sad to see that a country like Finland, often refers to the happiest place and most advanced in terms of education, is now struggling with things like teen suicide, obesity, and school performance.
It makes a lot of sense that screens and digital life are a big part of the problem. The kids that aren't playing or socializing like before, just staring at devices all day.
However, Something definitely needs to change. The society need to focus on positive changes and not profit and what will just increase their GDP alone. Humanity should be taken into consideration in anything they do. It is sad that nobody really cares, particularly with the influx of technology these days and the manipulation that comes with it.
What is it like where you are? Are young kids on phones all the time from babies? Has their behaviour changed in anyway compared to when you were a kid?
It is the same here. The majority of the Gen Z parent expose their kids to the phone at an early stage, and this often reduce their appetite to food and even prevent them from doing something meaningful at all. I have witnessed a kid whose phone was taken from her and refused to eat for the whole day until the phone was given back. It is a shame. We believe we are exposing them to technology at early stage, but it doesn't make much sense.
If my daughter did that, she wouldn't get the phone back for a week.
It is a shame that we have created a society that devalues human experience for profit.
The way the kid was doing is what prompted the parent to return the phone.