Closed Doors, Open Risks : Parenting in Digital Age

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When I was kid we have a single TV in common area, and a single landline phone and both of the items were shared by all family members. It was understood by all that when it's time of News on channel others will not change its as it was the time of elders to watch on TV what they like. Similarly the landline was a basic need not the luxury. The common phone was available for all to use. But if I look at the present life, we all have a separate TV in our rooms and all of us have a separate Mobile Phones also. Even the kids has their own room which are equipped with items they required dedicated for them. They have mobile phones, tablets, TV and many more, dedicated for their own use. Up to some extend its look fancy but it ha every serious issues also. The very first is the financial burden and other are physiological also.

The parents which has enough money to spend, the condition for them is very easy when it's comes to provide the separate rooms along with other items for their kids. But for a middle class parents its not an easy task. The financial burden that arise because the purchase of those items may last long and it may took the years to be comeback on track. When we used the common items at home then it create the sense of sharing among all and this also create a sense of respect and undertaking among the member of family. We always ask the kids to share as sharing is caring but the the kids has the authority and ownership of some items that may create sense of ego and lack the sense of sharing with others. This is mine word you are hear often in such cases. We are in a wrong of technology and internet is one technology which is available to all very easily those days. Every technology has its own advantage and disadvantage. Now look at the scanerio where children have their own room along with their personal gadgets. Parents do not known what their kids do inside their room as they are also busy in their life, work etc. The teenager are very pron to get into bad habits and bad company. Whi knows what they are doing in the closed door and when their is not body to monitor them they are free to do anything they want. What are the watching, it may be a extreme violance movie or may be porn no one knows. Their may be chances that they get trapped into some bad company or a scam as no one was their to guide them. I do not want that my kid may fall into any trap or scam, they are indipendent to take them decision but at the stage then are capable of otherwise it's our duty to guide them and give the support they required.

In my opinion giving private too early is not good and do not be considered as parents taking away the freedom form their kids. The teenage is very fragile and kids are very sensitive, they are not in a position to understand that good or bad, they do not have the capability to undertake the right or wrong around them. Yes it's true that giving the the freedom make them more independent but not too early as they will make more mistake and that may leads to low confidence in themselves. Any whys their is nothing that need to hide form parents in such a small age so why they need the privacy. Even as per the law also kids need to be supervised by parent. The internet is one of the big development along with AI now days but both the technologies has their disadvantages and are dangerous also, they have the capability to ruin the child's life. If someone asked me then my answer is that I will always make sure that I should know the activities done my kid and if this is on the rails of their privacy then it's ok. But yes once they are adult and have the understanding and k knowledge they are free to do as were their wish.

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