Earlier this year we went over the evaluation results for my son with the doctor. He listed, among other things, that my son would benefit from playing Mario Kart to help with working memory and executive functioning skills. I laughed out loud at this. The paradigm shift I have experienced as a mother, and a homeschooler, around screens, has been a journey.
I so appreciate your sharing this. As my son has grown, we too have let go and let him find his way into a screen-filled world. It's a way for him to connect with my spouse, who loves video games, with his friends from co-op and from his years at school, and with me through texts as he moves out into the world. At 14, he has a firm foundation under his feet. I really love the information about working with kids with sensory differences -- our boy was in OT for sensory processing differences and retained reflexes as a young kid, and what you said really fits with how he meets the world.
Thank you for sharing your story, Mariah! I always remember a talk where Andrew Pudewa pointed out that “technology” is anything that makes life more efficient. Ball point pens make life more efficient. How we use them for good or bad ends is up to us. It’s so good to see through the shaming and fear that surrounds new technologies so that we can judge for ourselves whether they are helpful to us and our children, enabling us to be better people.
Thanks for reading, Julie! I agree! Once we see through the shame and fear, once grace enters the picture, we can always find ways to use these things in a life-giving way. -Mariah
I so appreciate your sharing this. As my son has grown, we too have let go and let him find his way into a screen-filled world. It's a way for him to connect with my spouse, who loves video games, with his friends from co-op and from his years at school, and with me through texts as he moves out into the world. At 14, he has a firm foundation under his feet. I really love the information about working with kids with sensory differences -- our boy was in OT for sensory processing differences and retained reflexes as a young kid, and what you said really fits with how he meets the world.
Thank you for sharing your story, Mariah! I always remember a talk where Andrew Pudewa pointed out that “technology” is anything that makes life more efficient. Ball point pens make life more efficient. How we use them for good or bad ends is up to us. It’s so good to see through the shaming and fear that surrounds new technologies so that we can judge for ourselves whether they are helpful to us and our children, enabling us to be better people.
Thanks for reading, Julie! I agree! Once we see through the shame and fear, once grace enters the picture, we can always find ways to use these things in a life-giving way. -Mariah