A computer is undoubtedly an important thing in this modern age, but it can destroy a student in many ways. It might sound weird, but it can take a toll if it is misused. It applies to children of all ages and countries. If your child needs to use computer he or she can use it in common places like living room, dining room or parent's room. It is not at all a good idea to give a laptop to your child as it can be taken to whatever places he or she wants.
1. Internet and computer with DVD rom give unlimited access to view wrong movie, music album, picture,clip, song etc.
2. A teenager can easily involve in unacceptable relation with wrong person by chatting, social media or even video sharing site.
3. Many students waste a lot of time for no reason with computer while parents think they are studying at their bedroom. It can easily make a student inattentive to study.
4. The computer education that a student needs to know is done at school and for further preparation, a child can practice it any common place.
5. USA where computers and Internet are used to a great extent, a careful guardian does not let their child keep the computer in his bedroom.
6. A teenager often goes to bed late often and finds it difficult to wake up early as they spend too much time on Internet chatting or with social media and video sharing sites where unlimited wrong, obscene, graphic videos are packed.
7. Predator find it very easy to convince a teenager with social media or chatting etc. They are very patient and have already tried different methods to try what way works better with a teenager.
What to do: If anyone needs to have a computer with Internet please make sure you keep it in the drawing room/living room or at the parents' room: NEVER at their child's bedroom. Teachers should make the guardians aware of this fact and tell them to keep the computer and TV in the living room or in their room with the screen facing to the common place, not at all in their children's room. CNN realizes this fact and has already telecast these tips. Child physiologist or specialist all agree on the common location of computer at the house with a child. It also saves your child from being Cyber bullied that made lots of children commit suicide so far in USA. A desktop is a much better option for families with computer using teens, since it can not be moved easily.
It is not a fault of guardians that they do not know how to guide their children about computer because they did not have to face these challenges in their time. But now all the guardians have to be careful before it is too late. Not letting your child use computer at all is being overprotective but letting him or her use computer in a common place is a time-demanding concern a guardian has to have.
