A healthy relationship between children and digital media
Smartphones, laptops & tablets attract children like magnets. As parents, you can't stop it because digital media have also played a prominent role in your lives for several years. If a message pops up on your phone, your child notices it too. Quickly there are discussions about how often your child may use your phone and at what age it makes sense to have their own phone. HABA experts can advise and answer the most important questions for you here.
Children need digital skills
Debates about digital media and children have been going on for years. Since the 1990s, mobile phones and the Internet have steadily become more important. While there was mistrust toward mobile phones at the beginning, they are now a natural part of everyday life for most people. And children should also learn to use digital media early. Because these also become part of everyday learning in kindergarten, school and later vocational training.
The challenges surrounding the Internet
The Internet is available around the clock and even overwhelms some adults with the flood of information available there. Your children learn step by step how to use the Internet. You support them in this. It is important that clear rules apply and that you also inform your children about the dangers on the Internet. Playing, learning & supporting – if you use it correctly, the Internet offers you many advantages and gives you valuable guidance in raising your children.
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Boy lies on the floor and spends too much time on his mobile phone © Monkey Business - stock.adobe.com
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