The Dukes of Cambridge are always news. Recently we learned about Kate Middleton's third pregnancy and in Babies and More we have echoed several times of the way in which the Dukes have decided to educate their children, putting into practice active listening, a respectful handling of tantrums and the Montessori method as a way of learning.
Recently it has also transpired that the Dukes they are against their children playing with screens and mobiles, so it seems that iPads do not become part of the entertainment of little George and Charlotte.
Lots of nature and zero screens
Dukes Guillermo and Kate are very devoted to the education of their children, and one of their priorities is that they lead a life as normal as possible and outside the palace walls. They want their children grow free and learn, explore and play in natural environments, following the premises of the Montessori philosophy.
Thus, and according to Parents magazine, little Charlotte and George, two and four years old respectively, spend many hours riding bicycles, hiking outdoors or developing their creativity while playing with dolls.
Also, there is something in which your parents are tremendously strict and it is in the use of mobiles and screens. Both Kate Middleton and Prince Guillero want their little ones to grow as they grew up, without using iPads or cell phones to entertain themselves.
The Dukes of Cambridge are not the first nor the last parents to follow this strict rule concerning the upbringing and education of their children. In fact, two years ago we echoed a British school where their students do not have any contact with the latest technologies, and where they do not even use computers to work until age 14.
In a technological society like ours, does this prohibition make sense?
In my view, it seems complicated to isolate some children from something that is there, that is part of their life and our day to day, and that will undoubtedly be their future. The technology itself is not bad, but you have to know how to manage it so that children make adequate and reasonable use of it and do not affect them negatively in their emotional and social development.
Unfortunately it is frequent resort to screens to calm children. What father has not given an Ipad to his son during a long car trip or during a dinner at a restaurant? Who has not left his little cell phone for a while to get a few minutes of tranquility?
I confess that I have ever done it, although I always try to keep in mind the importance of controlling the time they spend in front of the screens, as well as the advice of pediatricians who talk about Avoid exposing babies up to 18 months and limiting the contents up to 24 months.
There is no doubt that traditional games and outdoor activities son necessary and fundamental for children: jump, run, enjoy nature and learning through experimentation and symbolic play is extraordinary.
But I wonder Is all this at odds with the use of new technologies?
Each family educates and raises as it considers, and all options are perfectly valid as long as the children are respected and their well-being is sought. Therefore, and leaving aside the decision of the Dukes of Cambridge, I would like to generate an open and respectful debate on this issue: Yes or no screens and why?
Via Parents
In Babies and More Hyperemesis gravidarum, the disease that Kate Middleton suffers in her pregnancies, The princesses also have tantrums: and we love how her parents handle it, why don't you like being talked to from above? Get up to your child: the active listening method, Nine Montessori keys to apply in the education of your children, Technology, iPad
