In an age of TikTok and Snapchat it's good to teach children how to enjoy entertainment for more than a few secondsThere’s one complaint I hear a lot from my parent mates: the ever-shortening attention spans of their kids. What with advancements in technology, and the utter joy young people get from apps such as, consuming entertainment in short bursts is becoming the preferred method. I think the worry we all have as parents is what impact that will have on our kids later on in life.
It’s hard for us because it’s a world that we as adults are navigating for the first time – it was just never like this when we were growing up. And yes, before nay-sayers start complaining, I know each generation goes through stuff the previous generation did not, but the pace of the change is the thing we’re all finding difficult. It’s hard to keep up.
It’s a feeling I want my children to grow up enjoying, and appreciate that it’s a moment that cannot be recreated through a random account on TikTok, or shared by a mate on Snapchat. New music is growing on these platforms, which is amazing, butis a different beast. It takes a different level of attention to sit through and enjoy two halves of a gig , rather than sit at home scrolling through endless 30-second clips of music.
Does it work attention-span wise? Honestly, I’ve got no idea, but at this point I’ll try anything to consciously fight back against the attention-span drain caused by the apps. And I believe it’s something we should all try to consciously do as parents, because how can we complain about behaviour exhibited by our teenagers, when we had a chance to get a firmer hold on it in their younger years?
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