Cara Cegah Anak Kecanduan Gawai ala "Technogeek" Silicon Valley

Semangat berjuang, para orang tua!

Tidak perlu juga merasa bersalah berkepanjangan, jika terpaksa memberi gawai pada balita, demi menjaga kewarasan bersama, ya. Ssst, kita sama-sama tau aja.

Lagipula, saya yakin, Ibu dan Bapak tentu selalu berusaha untuk mengajak Si Kecil beraktivitas fisik, atau mendampingi mereka menyelesaikan lembar kerja anak yang butuh lebih banyak konsentrasi.

Jadi, kita tidak perlu menganggap screen time yang berlebihan sebagai kegagalan. Anggaplah, perkara ini tantangan untuk menjadikan keluarga kita senantiasa lebih baik, dari hari ke hari.

Demi anak, keluarga, dan generasi.

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Referensi:

1. Generasi alfa: anak-anak yang lahir setelah tahun 2010.
2. Carr, Nicholas. 2010. The Shallows: Internet Mendangkalkan Cara Berpikir Kita?. Bandung: Mizan.
3. Alter, Adam. 2017. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. New York: Penguin Press.
4. The New York Times - Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent
5. Mirror - Billionaire Tech Mogul Bill Gates Reveals He Banned His Children from Mobile Phones until They Turned 14
6. Business Insider Singapore - Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel and Wife Miranda Kerr Only Allow Their Seven-year-old Child to Have 1.5 Hours of Screen Time per Week
7. The New York Times - Sundar Pichai of Google: 'Technology Doesn't Solve Humanity's Problems
8. The Guardian - Apple's Tim Cook: 'I don't want my nephew on a social network'
9. Good Housekeeping - Satya and Anu Nadella Open Up About Their Family Life
10. Business Insider Singapore - WHO just released screen-time guidelines for kids. Here's how some of the world's most successful CEOs limit it at home
11. Business Insider Singapore - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs raised their kids tech-free - and it should've been a red flag
12. The New York Times - Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion