Monday, 2 December 2013

Weekly DM story number 2 -

Instead of buying your child a boring old iPad for Christmas, get them a stick : 

Children playing outdoors in autumn

Wild Network is urging parents to encourage children to play with nature and the outdoors rather than technology
With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas, many British households will soon be temples to the latest technology.
But parents are now being asked to consider a low-tech alternative – to root around in the back garden and give their children a stick or a stone instead, in place of the latest smartphone, and to swap "screen time" for "wild time".
"easy to pick up, perform a thousand different uses and can be thrown away as easily as you found it. Great for helping with imaginary games, playing Pooh sticks, building things."

My opinion : Although technology can be harmful for kids, picking up sticks and throwing them around can be harmful too. 

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