SPD Sensations – The Need to Move
By Cris Rowan – Sensations Newsletter – August, 2007
The advent of technology has caused profound changes in children’s development and their ability to learn. Delays in printing and reading and a decrease in the ability to pay attention are increasing at alarming rates. Attachment and developmental disorders seem to be today’s norm. As children spend more and more time connecting with technology, relationships are disconnecting, at a very rapid pace. North American children watch on average 6.5 hours of TV and videogames per day, and parents spend on average 3.5 minutes per week in meaningful conversation with their children. By the time children graduate from high school, they will have spent more time in front of a TV than at school. Is virtual reality now home and teacher to our children? By allowing our children to watch this much TV, are we literally draining the life force from of our children?