Brave Conversations organizer Leanne Fry says we have to teach our kids how the web should be beneficial.Kamal Kasim / Gulf Today
Mariecar Jara Puyod, senior reporter
While some may express hallelujah to the aptitudes of children on the web, a pediatric neurologist who has been a consultant to pediatric neurologists for over 20 years has expressed concern, pointing out that the internet and social media emphasized the need to redirect children to where they benefit, not to harm themselves or others.
Like Anni Rowland-Campbell, director of Intersticia, and Leanne Fry, director of Smart Humans, who recently visited the UAE, Dr. Arif Khan, founder of Neuropedia Children, believes that everyone should own and control World Wide. We believe that personality and behavioral anomalies can be addressed when we take responsibility for The web, from the simplest of content monitoring to legally protected data and privacy.
Intersticia is a global charity with operations in the UK and Australia supporting emerging stewards. Smart Humans is an organization that runs programs to help people get smarter as they use technology.
Khan, who grew up in Dubai and returned to Dubai after 15 years in the UK, said on Friday that children’s disorganized exposure to the internet and social media affects their immature prefrontal cortex. I was. Functions that lead to mental and emotional disturbances.
He enumerated the exponential susceptibilities of overexposed children – anxiety, inability to form friendships, depression, obsessions, false living, low to zero self-esteem, incomparable Self-esteem due to heightened and inability to cope. For connectivity and knowing the world better, social media use is very worrying especially for her children under 10 years old.
They seem less interested in research and more irritable and aggressive. They grow up to be sad adults who tend to exhibit extreme behaviors such as anger problems, panic attacks, and nervous breakdowns, due to their lack of understanding of social cues and human emotions. I’m here. ”
There is a growing notion that the Internet is a nanny that enables families to attend to other concerns. Apart from the perception that “traditional schooling seems outdated,” this emphasizes that it greatly contributes to intellectual progress, and that teachers are no longer needed very much. emphasized on Accurate, relevant and useful cannot be left out.
Simply reading different sources about many things will not help you build your career. Determining when and how that information is useful is essential to learning. Without teachers and mentors, it is impossible to connect the linear plan of education and knowledge to build a complete picture. ”
He pointed out how important it is for children to study. The result is emotional intelligence geared toward responsible adulthood and service beyond critical thinking. Reading and processing information requires basic skills such as language, mathematics. The more you study, the broader your horizons and the more you can analyze all the information from a different angle.
Moreover, knowledge without guidance can be destructive. The mind needs to understand what it is reading, and it needs to learn basic skills. You will not be able to learn to collaborate, empathize, and be emotionally intelligent with others over the internet. ”
Rowland-Campbell and Fry hosted the “Brave Conversations Hall” at the International Government Communications Forum in Sharjah on September 28-29. how it will develop; its strengths and weaknesses; It teaches you how to judge for yourself what’s good and bad about the web and how to apply it to your life.
Our youth must understand this. The sheer scale and inherently unregulated nature of what we can do on the web means that the online environment in which we interact is constantly changing and often driven by motivated companies. means ”
They are pleased that Sharjah’s youth attendees are familiar with global issues such as the need to turn off the web at any point of the day, food waste and health.
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