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Friday, October 23, 2009
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false alarm
all done
Drama at Linn Benton
One of these days, I'm going to take a great action/news shot!!!!
Tech Savvy Parents ("Article" 2)
Tech Savvy Parents
Alx George
The Commuter
With the current advancement of technology and the media, it seems almost impossible for anyone to fall behind; that includes parents. Lately it’s been noticed that more parents are communicating with (or watching) their children via Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or cell phone use (that includes texting). How did this phenomena occur, and should it be stopped?
A few weeks ago, the Gazette Times published an opinion piece (Why parents should embrace texting) written by Beth J. Harpaz who has embraced technology and used it as an effective means of communicating with her children. She encourages parents to follow her example. She gives a few reasons as to why parents need to embrace technology as an “ally” rather than an “enemy”. She explains that texting is useful when the teenager is in an area with poor reception or somewhere where there’s a lot of noise. Communication will be much more effective. She also presents some research by psychologist Dr. Thomas Phelan saying that if a teenager is not very willing to communicate face-to-face, they may be more willing to text.
As for whether or not parents should partake of Facebook and other social networking sites, that probably would have similar benefits for both the parent and the youth. If there isn’t much face to face contact due to conflicting schedules, Facebook would probably be a much better form of communicating. Some communication is much better than none.
With that said, parents using the things we (youth) use today as methods of communicating isn’t necessarily a bad thing. While this is not true for every case, it is most likely true for many. There’s no harm in trying it.
Alx George
The Commuter
With the current advancement of technology and the media, it seems almost impossible for anyone to fall behind; that includes parents. Lately it’s been noticed that more parents are communicating with (or watching) their children via Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or cell phone use (that includes texting). How did this phenomena occur, and should it be stopped?
A few weeks ago, the Gazette Times published an opinion piece (Why parents should embrace texting) written by Beth J. Harpaz who has embraced technology and used it as an effective means of communicating with her children. She encourages parents to follow her example. She gives a few reasons as to why parents need to embrace technology as an “ally” rather than an “enemy”. She explains that texting is useful when the teenager is in an area with poor reception or somewhere where there’s a lot of noise. Communication will be much more effective. She also presents some research by psychologist Dr. Thomas Phelan saying that if a teenager is not very willing to communicate face-to-face, they may be more willing to text.
As for whether or not parents should partake of Facebook and other social networking sites, that probably would have similar benefits for both the parent and the youth. If there isn’t much face to face contact due to conflicting schedules, Facebook would probably be a much better form of communicating. Some communication is much better than none.
With that said, parents using the things we (youth) use today as methods of communicating isn’t necessarily a bad thing. While this is not true for every case, it is most likely true for many. There’s no harm in trying it.
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