Our Debate On Digital Life Is Heating Up. You There?

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    • Publish Date: Oct 9 2016 11:36AM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 10 2016 7:14PM
Our Debate On Digital Life Is Heating Up. You There?

In Indonesia, a lot of parents and teachers are making their younger lot play traditional games like wooden spinning tops and bamboo pinwheels in order to make them active in real life, and bringing them closer to their values, which they think is threatened by new age mobile games. Are your parents doing something similar? 

JAKARTA: An increasing number of Indonesians are taking a stand against digital games like Pokemon Go that they say erode values, and encouraging children to play traditional toys like wooden spinning tops and bamboo pinwheels. Tens of thousands of Indonesians were hooked on Nintendo's augmented reality app, in which players hunt virtual characters in real-life places, months before the smash-hit game was officially launched in the Southeast Asian country. But parents and teachers worry that children get too caught up in the virtual world and are missing out on interacting with each other. Some parents are nostalgic about the games they used to play and want to introduce their children to them. "Traditional games involve more activities, whereas electronic games only require kids to use their thumbs," said Januar Surjadi who was teaching his three-year-old boy to play with a bamboo toy that made a clicking sound when spun at an event organised to promote traditional games.  The mayor of the city of Bogor has renovated a park and equipped it with wooden stilts and other toys to "help children avoid Pokemon Go", media reported recently. For children like Michelle Miranda, 13, traditional toys won't replace her electronic gadget, but they are still fun. "I'm getting a little bored of Pokemon Go because it's harder to find the rarer Pokemons," she said. "I play congklak at home with my friends, it's fun and it helps to teach mental arithmetic." 


Is It Right To Say That Mobile Games Erode Values? 

How has the virtual world affected real life conversation? 

Are parents way too skeptical about a digital life? 

Should parents force their childhood nostalgia on kids? 

 

Comments

Darshil Shah ST. XAVIERS - LOYOLLA -2 LOYOLLA 2

Yes, mobile games surely make the children addicted and affects their childhood in a harmful way. Due to the social media the children spend most of their time on sites like Facebook and Whatsapp which affects their bonding with their close ones. On the other hand, yes the parents worry a lot for their children. It is obvious that the parents worry about their children but sometimes they cross limits.

ADEEN ASHFAQUE WAGLE MARY IMMACULATE GIRLS SCH-S CRUZ(E)

nothing can change a person''s values if they have been instilled from an early age. parents are skeptical about digital life because they have not experienced it like we are and that forces them to move us away from it and play real life games from their childhood,which might actually turn out to be fun. but it is important for students to concentrate a tad bit more on real life conversations than chatting as it will enhance their communication skills.

saishalini Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yes. It is right to say that mobile games erode values as they induce negative thoughts in students because of the harsh fighting techniques endorsed by the games and also the urge to kill or destroy someone is also a major crisis. Parents too feel sceptical about a digital life because of the problems they face like misunderstanding and health issues.

Aditi Sahi D C MODEL SCH PKL-SEC-7

parents should not force their childhood nostalgia on kids, teaching them about their culture is must but forcing is not the right way.

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Yes, technology has hampered human relationships. Gone are the days, when children used to chat with their parents and have fun playing outside with friends. Nowadays, we want to spend more time on Facebook, Google+, Whatsapp etc. rather than having a real conversation with our parents and closed ones. Obviously, this will also stand out to be generation gap between us and our parents and I think that parents should do encourage their children to play outside.

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Yes, technology has hampered human relationships. Gone are the days, when children used to chat with their parents and have fun playing outside with friends. Nowadays, we want to spend more time on Facebook, Google+, Whatsapp etc. rather than having a real conversation with our parents and closed ones. Obviously, this will also stand out to be generation gap between us and our parents and I think that parents should do encourage their children to play outside.

Mansi Borade PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

I THINK THAT OUR PARENTS SHOULD NOT FORCE US ANY HOW. BUT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE WRONG ADVANTAGE OF THIS. IF OUR PARENTS ARE NOT TELLING ANYTHING.

Brenda Marshal PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

I deeply think that parents should not force their children , whatever happens.

Ritvik Baweja Bal Bharati Public School

In this time of action violence games, these games leave a bad impact on child''s creativity and often erode moral values. In older times the relationship bonds were strong because people were not duly involved in mobile phones . But now the youth is deeply engaged in gadgets which has left a bad hole in our relationships.

Ritvik Baweja Bal Bharati Public School

Sometimes we can say that parents are too skeptical about digital life. We know that world is modernising at a rapid pace, we also have to Chang with it or else we would be left behind. Parents should realise this and give digital access to their children till certain extent. Obviously manier times the parent strictly ask their children to play vintage games.

Sharmeen Khan PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

Mobile Phones do erode values but only in certain ways. Children sometimes take advantage of mobile phones for parents themselves have not given them the right values. But it is not just the parent''s fault. If we think we are big enough to know what is right than we should be mature enough to understand what is wrong. Parents are skeptical for they worry about us. They think that the internet is just a bad place, which in some ways it is, and so they are dubious about it.

soham misra Cambridge School, Kandivali (E)

YES, the rise of technology has no longer remained a boon now emotions for friends and relatives has a new way that is texting and messaging that person instead of going and talking with them meeting them are just chatting with them on social sites and apps. Which will give you a feeling that you are i contact with them but the values you will learn when you meet them can''t be learnt by contact with them online.Encouraging children to go out and see the real world is a better idea.

Vandana Subash City International School Wanowrie

Mobile games are really a unsocial object.Games like Pokemon Go have attracted children and children don''t even mind about their daily routine..

Bhavana Jaison Atomic Energy Central School No 2

We cannot say that Mobile Games Erode values , because there are many games which helps children to understand the values like friendship, respect etc . To pass on the values to the next generations there should be grandparents or some elders staying in the family , but in today''s world is there any family with grandparents staying together with the grand children? Our parents don'' have much hands on experience about digital life but still they prefer MS Office downloaded in their mobile .

Linet Christina Thomas Ryan International School Nallasopara

Yes Virtual world very uch affected real life conversation. People dont go to each others house, dont talk more with each other. Its all on whatsapp and facebook, instgram etc. Going for outing with families and attending family functions also reduced. Result of this is many virtual friends and no real friends. Too much chatter, too little real conversation.

Harini.V Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Yeah. Mobile games affect the good values of a child. But not all games do so. There are some good games, which develop the thinking and creativity of a child. So, it depends upon the kind of games played. When there is a plus, there will be a minus too. It would be nice, if we take the positive points and move ahead.

Sarath Kumar RM Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Mobile games will surely erode values. It pulls back people from being active and responsible. The mobile world has greatly affected the relationship between the parents and their children. Moreover parents are greatly worried about the withdrawal of their children from studies.

Tanya Singh BHAWAN VIDYALAYA CHD-SEC-27

All I have to add to this debate is that, ''everything has its positives and negatives''.

Nishi Upadhyay BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Mobile games have not only eroded our values but also have somewhere detached us from our parents.

Thakur Aastha REUBS

Yes, mobile games effect a lot on childrens. As there consentration for studies break again and again.Even mobile game adversely effects on there health also as it produces radiation which is very harmful. It effect more on eyes also and there development of body even stops and they become lazy. So, it is obvious they parents are worry about their children.

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