How to navigate problems as a parent in the digital era?

Parenting today is a completely diffferent experience. Technology and social media offer many chances for learning, connecting, and having fun.

- SURJIT SINGH FLORA

Indeed! while overuse of technology may be detrimental to the development of children. Their brains undergo a shift in their circuitry as a result. Children, for instance, have a much less capacity for concentration, and it does not stimulate critical thinking.

However, there are other problems, such as a decrease in fine motor abilities (recent research revealed that medical students who were interested in becoming surgeons lacked the strength and coordination necessary for fine motor skills). An excessive use of technology may also have a negative impact on children's physical health, as well as their strength, agility, and confidence. Children that need mobility and exercise would benefit from this. There has been a rise in the prevalence of obesity among children in our nation, as well as the development of health issues that would have previously been more prevalent among the elderly. One of the factors that has contributed to the creation of this is technology. Monitoring and management of technology is necessary in order to ensure that it contributes to the growth and development of children rather than hindering them.

The challenges: if you don't adapt or are slow to adapt, you're kicked out of business. Most nonessential businesses that didn't adapt to online marketing, shopping and delivery have now been rendered out of business.

For the technically challenged parents, things are moving too fast for their capability, and this can expose them to risks e.g. fraud, hacking, identity theft etc. hence the many stories we hear about someone giving out their personal details to a "customer care agent” a few moments before their accounts were wipes clean.