Its exam week again! I have to make sure that my kids review their
lessons. It is an additional pressure on top of office work.
I
remembered when I was in grade school, my parents never helped me out
in my projects and home works. I did it on my own and I think I learned
more.
Why did we parents make our lives complicated?
My
daughter who is an A student got a low score in one of her subjects and
she blamed me for it because I did not come home early and review her.
Now on exam days I have to go home early, wake up early and be the ever
supportive mother. How time changed!
Monday, October 14, 2013
The Facebook Craze
Originally published in 2009...
It took me some time before I joined Facebook. I thought it's just another friendster and I don't have time for such things. But my friends keep on telling me to join FB and finally I did. I got hooked.
My 3rd and 4th graders are so hooked to computer games. My firstborn especially loves war games that his note books and pad papers are full of drawing of soldiers and tanks. He can recite different kind of weapons, tanks and chopper. It's alarming! I thought of creating an FB account for them so I can trace the kind of games they play. There are lots of good stuff in FB.
But is it the right thing to do? Encouraging kids to explore the internet? I read a lot of blogs about this. There are lots of good stuff in the internet and bad stuff as well. How can we filter out the evil ones and protect our kids from the bad influence of the internet?
I was surprised to see a lot of school graders (my children's classmates, friends, even my nephews and nieces) in facebook. It took me a long time to decide to allow my two little ones access to FB. If I do, then I am telling them that it is okay to lie about their age. If I don't, then they get left out. But how many internet users divulge their correct birthdates? I was surprised that in FB you see real names and faces.
In the end, I created an FB account for my kids.
It took me some time before I joined Facebook. I thought it's just another friendster and I don't have time for such things. But my friends keep on telling me to join FB and finally I did. I got hooked.
My 3rd and 4th graders are so hooked to computer games. My firstborn especially loves war games that his note books and pad papers are full of drawing of soldiers and tanks. He can recite different kind of weapons, tanks and chopper. It's alarming! I thought of creating an FB account for them so I can trace the kind of games they play. There are lots of good stuff in FB.
But is it the right thing to do? Encouraging kids to explore the internet? I read a lot of blogs about this. There are lots of good stuff in the internet and bad stuff as well. How can we filter out the evil ones and protect our kids from the bad influence of the internet?
I was surprised to see a lot of school graders (my children's classmates, friends, even my nephews and nieces) in facebook. It took me a long time to decide to allow my two little ones access to FB. If I do, then I am telling them that it is okay to lie about their age. If I don't, then they get left out. But how many internet users divulge their correct birthdates? I was surprised that in FB you see real names and faces.
In the end, I created an FB account for my kids.
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