Restricting Children From Technology

In this article, it talks about how Taiwan is restricting young children from using the internet. There is a lot of talk going on about how technology is ruining education or ruining childhoods, and I can't help but disagree. Technology is something that advances with time, just like everything else. I hope people didn't try to restrict children from using electricity when the lightbulb first came about. Whether or not you like technology has nothing to do with whether or not it's needed - when much of the world revolves around electronics, you shouldn't restrict your children from learning how to use them. The article states in rebuttal, "it would be like waiting until a child is 18 years old before they can own and use their own literacy tools such as pens, paper and books." I think by limiting a child's access to what technology they can use, it disadvantages their learning, because learning can be furthered so much just by using technology. I know several people with learning disorders and disabilities that rely on iPads or Kindles to read to them. It also makes it more easy to communicate with people - children that have relatives overseas or serving abroad in the military can talk to them over skype or another chat app. We should be trying to grow with technology, not against it.

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