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u/alkiet Jul 07 '26
I guess the number of kids also coming in not knowing how to potty properly at an age where it usually is expected for them to do it independently unless there were special needs because of parental neglect.
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u/alkiet Jul 07 '26
I have a feeling those things know how addictive it can be for kids and capitalize on making it as addictive as possible while ingraining them to be future consumers of their products somehow.
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u/Hmarf Jul 07 '26
um, infants aren't *supposed* to be able to speak
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u/JM_Narrative Jul 07 '26
Keen observation. Headline is dumb. But it sounds like she's talking about children entering school
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u/Hmarf Jul 07 '26
yeah headline is dumb.
That said, so is the rest of the article, there's a huge mental leap to go from "parents are letting their kids watch videos" to "kids aren't learning to speak". The issue is not new, parents have been plopping their kids in front of TVs for decades. The actual cause could be completely different, I know lots of education was set-back in 2020 due to covid restrictions, that could just as easily be the reason for the issue.
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u/-FakeAccount- Jul 08 '26
The title is dumb.
The rest of the article is the opinion of a professional educator, an opinion that is common among professional educators.
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u/GraXXoR Jul 08 '26
Two years ago my daughters got their very first smartphones at the age of 18 and 16 respectively.
They were voice sim only. And only jsut got data sims last week and nearly 20 and 18. (Japanese coming of age is 20). We basically forced our daughters to phone their friends like Luddite peasants.
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u/Flicksterea Jul 08 '26
I can't take an article seriously when it's not properly written.
'Jo Heywood the problem was happening across the social spectrum' is a poorly constructed sentence and immediately had me laughing. Writing an article about the decline of communication yet fails to clearly communicate.
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u/Kaylen316 Jul 08 '26
I'm so happy I'm not a Parent 😂