TECH KID LIMITS

 TECH KID LIMITS

In Kenya, Television set in houses where Kids grew up in the 80's and early 90's was a privilege of very few kids. From an early age, kids hardly spent time indoors but were ever out with neibouring kids playing throughout the day when not in school. This were times when people lived together as communities before the fear of neighbours became a reality forcing parents to prefer locking their kids indoors. Alot has changed over the years that changed the way neighbours and their kids interact. Parents are more cautious to an extent of sanctioning the friends their kids have, and these must just be a handful. Of course that is important for development of good mannerism. Kids are also kept indoors watching TV programmes and playing with their phones, comps or ipads. It helps develop the kid's tech knowhow and sometimes, parents end up consulting their kids when they hit tech hitches, which is a positive development. On the flipside and if not well regulated by parents, the kids may flop in academic performance or fat up for lack of outdoor activities that sometimes may cause health problems. The exposure may be bad especially for kids under long hours care by househelps, who sometimes have too much to do to care about what kids in the house are doing. 

Our society may not be as organised as other societies in the world like Europe where extra curriculum activities begin at very early age with parents being forced by the systems to accompany their kids and assist their development in non academic activities. That is why kids join football academies as early as 5 years and begin to earn from professional football as eary as with 15 years. However, the good observation is that many such academies have come up in many areas around the country which should challenge parents to take advantage to develop their kids outdoor abilities. If not for professional sporting life, the kids remain physically and mentally active. In this way, we can assist affirm the school CBC curriculum to open up more opportunities for future our generations. 

The kids will eventually be happy with the choices their parents made for them in line with Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it."

@Stephen Mungai