Thursday, December 27, 2012

Is your kid spending hours at his/her computer each day?

According to one of Britain's leading inventors, 'Google generation' who rely on the internet for everything are in danger of becoming 'brain-dead'.
Trevor Baylis, who invented the wind-up radio, said children are losing creativity and practical skills because they spend too much time in front of screens. 
The 75-year-old said he fears that the next generation of inventors is being lost, with young people often unable to make anything with their hands. 
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'They are dependent on Google searches. A lot of kids will become fairly brain-dead if they become so dependent on the internet, because they will not be able to do things the old-fashioned way.'
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2 comments:

MrX said...

Obama never let the lack of Internet get in the way of his stupidity.

CRUZ COUNTRY said...

So many kids these days spend the vast majority of their free time text messaging, surfing the internet or playing video games.

So it's not too hard to figure out why this country has so many obese kids with atrocious creativity, reasoning and social skills.

You reap what you sow.