“They are socially conscious, technologically aware and keyed into current trends”, indicates a new survey on kids conducted by Cartoon Network. As an educationist and child counselor I should have been happy with the progress of kids and young adults between the age of 7-14. The collective consciousness of the society and media seem to be ecstatic with these startling facts that indicate children living in opulence.
But the survey of New Generation 2009 which goes into details about the lifestyles and choices of kids seem to conceal more than it reveals. However, my experience in the field compels me to see the social trend even beyond the spectrum of the survey.
How the collective consciousness of the society is shaping up the child is more important than opulence where 63 per cent of the kids use mobile phones, 31 per cent use mobile phone and 19 per cent claim to have made an online friend with whom they have never met in real life. What actually I find the most disturbing is the fact that kids in
It seems money power has replaced parents’ quality time, love, bonding and empathy. While it indicates maturity of the child when the survey suggests that 62 per cent of the kids save some part of the pocket money they received from their parents, the question is whether this maturity at such an early stage of life is actually healthy for the growth of the child?
What is even more important is the fact that do parents have the time to monitor where the child is spending the money. While the poverty and starvation is bad for the healthy growth of the child, opulence and indulgence without guidance is even worse. Actually all my education management projects like www.ritinternational.in and www.chuckkle.com are attempts to address the given problem here.
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