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Advances in technology have enabled humanity to achieve all sorts of amazing feats (landing on the moon, debasing oneself on YouTube, etc). Despite our long list of collective accomplishments, a new trick that's being employed by tech savvy parents might just take the cake.
According to USA Today, creative (or desperate) parents are transforming their cell phones into mobile-baby-hushers. Parents are using rattle apps for the iPhone to soothe cranky kids, white noise apps to keep 'em quiet, and even good 'ol e-mail apps to keep them entertained. Jenny Reeves, a mother in San Antonio, Texas, lets her boys play with her BlackBerry. She told USA Today, "It's almost as good as lollipops."
The portability of cell phones lets parents provide much needed on-the-go entertainment at any time. Whether it's a rattle app or a full-fledged word game, mobile phones have proven themselves useful to a new generation of parents that will surely accept all the help they can get. [From: USA Today]
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Subscribe to commentsRob O.Jun 21st 2009 9:18AM
Cell phones steal the independence & incentive for rationale from kids who carry them. They wander aimlessly off into the day, knowing that they're never more than a button-press away from their parents or friends who'll swoop in and rescue them at the last minute.
Just because you CAN do a thing, does not necessarily mean that you SHOULD do that thing.
By feeding a child's instinctual desire for immediate gratification, you condition him/her to that mode. It's no wonder that many young adults have no capacity for patience or planning. They've never been forced to be unplugged from the always-on, instant-on digital world.