Parents use lights to distract them from their minor problems. When a child cries, the parent may hand them their phone to stop the cries. A child’s attention span in …show more content…
It’s a never ending circle of pushing technology onto our children. It’s a never ending circle of how technology affects them. They don’t want to fix the problem of children losing the ability to use their imagination to keep themselves entertained. We as an older generation realize it’s easier to solve the problem superficially. We tend to ignore things if they don’t seem like a major issue however, technology seems to be tightening its hold on us. The challenge for parents, therefore, is in finding tech gifts that help their children develop new skills while still being fun. That responsibility now falls into the hands of the parents to fix this problem, but the same technology that is new to the parents is and may be new to them as well. Smartphones, computers, televisions, and tablets are new to Baby Boomers, Generation Y, and Millennials. They’re just as fascinated as the children