When I grew up, it was common for parents (including mine) to assume that making your child watch TV, or play video games at an early age was not the right thing to do. Anything to do with TV or video gaming was assumed to ‘corrupt young minds’ and the general thought process was to ensure your child grows up on traditional things (like real physical toys, pen and paper, chalk boards and educational books).There was a valid reason for this – in old days, content in such mediums was purely for entertainment and little was done for conscious education for children. Interestingly, that notion persists very strongly even today. I have lots of friends who have brought up their children pretty much devoid of TV and digital tools. When I say devoid, I don’t mean a total ban. They let them use these objects once in a while, but not in a ‘let it help you grow’ mode. It is treated as pure entertainment and curtailed often to just one show, played over and over again, or just one game, played over and over again. It is impossible to state what is right and what is wrong when it
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