Category New Technologies

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The Fortnite video game is here to stay, and there are many children in the world who cannot stop playing with it. If it were up to them, they would spend hours and hours every afternoon in front of the computer or with the control of the game console in hand. And it is that this video game generates a great addiction in the little ones.

One of the biggest struggles for parents is trying to find a positive and healthy balance to have time to spend with their children, to be able to work and, incidentally and if it is not asking too much, to find a space for oneself. Every day more, this proposal becomes a challenge and more since new digital devices came into our lives.

For a few months I have not stopped hearing mothers talk about an online game called & 39; Fortnite & 39 ;. This game has become so popular with children that it is hard not to be tempted to download it, and it creates such a strong addiction that recently a nine-year-old girl had to go into rehab to disengage from it.

The video game GTA, also known as Grand Theft Auto, is all the rage among children. Its violent and addictive nature makes many young people play with it every afternoon. In my opinion, it is not a good option for entertaining the little ones in the house. However, as something good can be obtained from everything, this time we are going to analyze some of the few benefits that the GTA can offer our children.

Today there is a great debate around the use that minors make of mobile phones and tablets. On the one hand, we are parents and teachers trying at all costs not to use these screens and on the other there are them, the children, who do not demand more time to spend leisure time playing a video game or an app.

Did you know that one of the most widespread forms of gender violence among adolescents is the control of their partner through mobile phones and social networks? It is what is known as virtual gender violence and it is important that you talk with your children so that they identify the different situations of limitation of their intimacy by their partner, so that, if they are experiencing any of them, they can put a brake on it .

There are things that will never cease to amaze me, like the latest piece of news I have read these days from the UK: & 39; Schools are removing analog clocks from exam rooms as teenagers can't tell time & 39 ;. I did not give it much importance, until one day I was at the hairdresser, I asked a 19-year-old girl the time and, instead of looking at the wall clock, she consulted her mobile.

It seems a simple and innocent application, but WhatsApp, in addition to being recent (it has not been with us for ten years), can be a threat to our children if they use it badly. What are the dangers and crimes that children commit and also suffer on WhatsApp? We share with you the teachings of the expert Marta Rodrigo, a criminologist and police officer specializing in minors, who will surely be of great help to you to discuss and manage this issue at home.

Our children are digital natives, they have grown up surrounded by technology and we cannot deny it, but we must manage its use. Now that we are in summer, with more leisure time, children can spend too many hours hooked on mobiles and tablets. Mom and Dad, don't let your mobile ruin your child's vacation, not yours!

How old are your children and how many hours do they spend a day on social media? It sure is a topic that you have thought about more than once. And it is that, for many advantages that new technologies may have for children - fun, new knowledge, friendships - there can also be a hidden face if they are not limited in their use.

At a time when almost all children have access to the Internet from a very young age, viral challenges are one of the most worrisome challenges parents have to face. These fashion games that are popularized through social networks, are often a danger to the health and well-being of children.

Some parents, with all the enthusiasm in the world, publish photos of their children on social networks, even before they are born: they share the photo of the pregnancy test, the first ultrasound and the 3D and 4D ultrasounds ... In this way, I know the fact that, even before birth, children already have a complete album available on the internet.

Is there a difference between video game addiction for boys and girls? The answer to this question is no. Although it may seem otherwise. And it can give us the feeling that there are more children who play and are addicted to video games, but in reality the latest studies show that both boys and girls are equal in the hours they spend playing with the console, the smartphone or the PC.

New technologies have made life easier for people in many ways, but they have also had an impact on the way people think, do and live. In this way, technological development has penetrated the depths of our society and at all levels, causing a change in the values ​​and behavior of individuals.