Second Life?
Have you ever heard of something called as second life? There is... it is the time you spend in front of the so called gadget of today- "the computer"
People have started leading a second life. People have started selecting their life partners, their day-to-activities and what they eat - their daily groceries are delivered to their doorstep with one click.
Today's kids are more aware than what we were in our days. My 3 1/2 yr old whenever he seems to be getting bored and not being able to entertain himself says aloud"Mom can you please give my pibuskids" What he means is he wants me to open a browser for him and type the address( since his little fingers cannot still type the word pbskids:)
The thrill that is evident on his face when the page loads..."Oh yeah... I love it mommy"
He knows all the navigation and the controls to play the games on the page. Yeah a pre-schooler he is and no I never taught him how to navigate onto a page from a hyperlink.
He is not the only one. In a common gathering when we were talking, I came to know that this was the case with so many other kids...
What do you call this phenomenon? I am sure medical science would have had a 10-letter-long sounding name for it.
It is just that they are so used to seeing PC or a laptop that even before they know how to read and write properly they know how to use the PC. It is because it has become a second life for them!
posted by Mita at 1:48 AM
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Yes this is very true. For many people the first thing they do after getting up in the morning is to switch on the computer and the last thing they do before going to bed is to switch off the computer. Even my son who is 2yrs and 9 months old finds the ingenuity of these devices very appealing and intoxicating. Given a chance he would happily sit in front of the computer listening to rhymes and playing with the keyboard. It’s a refuge to him whenever he gets bored watching cartoon or playing with his cars.
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