Better Understanding Digital Parenting Obstacles [GUEST ARTICLE by Bella Ryan]

Better Understanding Digital Parenting Obstacles

Now a day, digital parenting is too much challenging. Digital parenting can make families uncomfortable because teenagers do not want their parent always sticking their nose in their personal work and none of the parents want their children to keep away from most of the advantages that internet can provide.

There is a question for every parent, who is your child friend on Face book? Of course you do not know because your skills are not enough to keep up with advancing technology. It’s a problem of every parent because there are many hurdles that make digital parenting difficult. The very first and biggest problem is generation gap. In 1990’s the children use to play games like monopoly, candy land and carom board or any physical game. But today, none of the children want to play such games; they want to play online thrilling games. In old times, parents use to play with their children but now they do not know how to play online games and their children are not interested in other physical games. It’s very difficult for the parents to learn the advancing technology, but they should try to decrease this generation gap in order to involve with their children. 

Internet has many advantages, many children visit online educational websites and their parents always appreciate them. Some parents consider internet as a big threat but they do not know what to do about it. Rest of the parents does not have time to pay attention on what their child is doing or with whom he is communicating. There is also a solution, the parents should keep in mind that internet has many disadvantages. They should set some rules about which online website their child should not open. The parents should use a proper way to enforce that rules, not only on computers but also on mobile phones because they are the small computers. 

As a parent, you may notice many times that while the family is sitting together for discussion or for watching TV the teenagers often prefer texting. This is the easiest and most advance way of communication. Advanced technology is changing social life and relationships rapidly. At first people need to go physically to a person whom they want to communicate but now texting, calling etc is preferred. For your child sitting in front of computer is just like talking to a stranger.

It’s not easy to be a good parent but far more easy than being a good digital parent.  Even if you are protecting your child from the harms of internet, there are still many bad things that may be harmful for them. The parents should always keep an eye on their children while he is operating computer in order to know that which online sites are being accessed by him. They should check the history after their child left the computer. 

The parents should educate their children to stay safe from internet harms. It’s tough but not impossible.

Author Bio:

Bella is tech geek as well as a Content manager and Social Media enthusiastic. She is extremely passionate and result driven professional. She writes for TOS blog. Follow her on twitter @bellaryan8901