There is a natural tendency for toddlers to hurt themselves if they are not properly supervised, according to David Schwebel, a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama. Parents also seem to understand that kids will find a way to hurt themselves even when they’re in the same room with them.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
PARENTING vs TEXTING:Danger Ahead-Part 3
There is a natural tendency for toddlers to hurt themselves if they are not properly supervised, according to David Schwebel, a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama. Parents also seem to understand that kids will find a way to hurt themselves even when they’re in the same room with them.
PARENTING vs TEXTING:Danger Ahead-Part 3
TIP OF THE WEEK-10/18/12 PARENTING VS TEXTING: Danger Ahead-Part 3 Dr. Wally Ghurabi, medical director of the emergency center at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital is quoted as saying, “ It’s very well understood within the emergency medical community that utilizing devices-hand held devices-while you are assigned to watch your kids-that resulting injuries could very well be because you are using those tools.”
There possibly may be other factors that are causing the increase in toddler injuries such as toddlers engaging in riskier behavior or parents’ tendencies to rush off to the ER for minor accidents. However, experts don’t agree with that because injuries to older children where adult supervision is not as stringent are decreasing.
Furthermore, parents do not usually incriminate themselves as the cause of their child’s injury. When parents are asked to describe how the child was hurt, they respond by saying such things as “He fell out of a tree or he stumbled into the swimming pool or the television fell on him.” Usually, they are asked no further questions. Doctors do not ask whether the child was being properly supervised.
There is a natural tendency for toddlers to hurt themselves if they are not properly supervised, according to David Schwebel, a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama. Parents also seem to understand that kids will find a way to hurt themselves even when they’re in the same room with them.
There is much more to this WSJ article that also contains disturbing anecdotes
Thursday, October 11, 2012
PARENTING vs TEXTING: DANGER AHEAD- PART 2
Is there a relationship between toddler accidents and the increase in the number of people who own an iPhone or BlackBerry? iPhone and BlackBerry users have increased from nine million in 2007 to 63 million at the end of 2010. According to the research firm, comScore, there are approximately 114 million people using these devices as of July 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
PARENTING vs TEXTING: DANGER AHEAD
A recent A recent CBS Sunday Morning Show segment featured a story about people who were asked to do without their mobile devices for a week. They tried but could not do it.CBS Sunday Morning Show segment featured a story about people who were asked to do without their mobile devices for a week. They tried but could not do it.
PARENTING vs TEXTING: DANGER AHEAD
A recent A recent CBS Sunday Morning Show segment featured a story about people who were asked to do without their mobile devices for a week. They tried but could not do it.CBS Sunday Morning Show segment featured a story about people who were asked to do without their mobile devices for a week. They tried but could not do it.
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