There is this 4YO girl in Cass’ kindy who would cry in school every other day. She would cry when her mother or father drops her in school and refuses to let her bring the iPad into the school. If she is refused of bringing the iPad into the school, she would wail for hours until she falls asleep! According to the class teacher, this girl would sleep in class every other day. The mother told the teacher that her daughter would only fall asleep at 4ish am on most days. The teacher has voiced out to the mother to stop sending the girl to the kindy as it is a waste of her money for her daughter spends most of her time crying, pining for the iPad and when she gets too tired after a big melt down, she would then snooze off in class!
This is a classic example of a child who has gotten severely bitten and addicted to a a new age technology driven gadget. My kids can spend the whole day playing with my iPad and laptop but I put my foot down and forced them to shut down the gadget after a max. of 2 hours. It is scary to see them being so hooked to the iPad and laptop to the point that they cannot even hear what I say or instruct them to do. When they get overly absorbed in their gadgets, they are totally oblivious to what is happening around them! Most of my screaming at the kids are related to the iPad, laptop and the idiot box, aka TV.
It is not easy to help the child kick off this addiction but something must be done by the parents before this child, who is an only child and understandably spoilt, becomes spoilt rotten beyond help and grows up to be a wayward and troubled child.
When will the parents figure out who is responsible for their kid’s addiction? And will they figure out they have to be the solution?
oh my goodness. sleeping at 4am only and addicted to ipad? the parents should do something fast.