What is the right age to for children to have a cell phone, computer, or an iPod? How old does your kid need to be before they should be allowed to have My Space and Facebook type social networking sites and Twitter?
These are the new questions of the digital age.
Super psychologist Jean Piaget’s theories of cognitive development have been applied to a recent New York Times article about supporting your child’s growth with technology. As a psychology major, teacher, and tech savvy mama, I found this article to be fascinating and had to share. The article provides excellent suggestions about developmentally appropriate technology for the 0-12 set while still emphasizing play for the youngest children and the real world applications of computers for college bound students.
Read the article here and feel free to comment with your thoughts! After all, nothings says weekend like a cup of coffee and the NYT, even if it is online!
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Good article, thanks for sharing;
It seems that the article comes down to saying- a healthy common sense approach is best, which applies to most of parenting 🙂
Happy Sunday Morning!
Interesting article. As an educator, I’m glad to see that Piaget’s stages of cognitive development were used as a basis for the technology suggested at each age level. I agree, for the most part, with what is written. However, when it comes to cell phones being “more or less mandatory for children at this age” (12 and up), I have to disagree. The younger end of this spectrum does not need a cell phone of their own on a daily basis. My 13 year old is either at school or at home or at a friend’s house…why does he need a cell phone when there is always a land line nearby? He has no business being anywhere else, so a cell phone is not “mandatory”. Maybe when he starts driving, but by then, he will be working in order to pay for gas, insurance, and the like, so the expense of a cell phone will be his, not mine!