I read the article on the UNOTechnology blog- Does Your Teen Need a break from all that technology. The article was fairly easy to read. I liked where they had the examples from real parents and also examples from experts. I know when I was a teenager I often did my homework or studied while listening to music. This way it wasn't so quiet that I couldn't stand it and it wasn't as distracting as having my family around. I think there was a good point made in the article- multitasking is a skill people need to have. There was also the other side of that fence- people need to know when and where multitasking is appropriate (example: don't text and drive).
Another good point to consider would be making sure the teen is doing his/her work accurately while they are multitasking. Parents still need to be monitoring their children as they study or do homework to make sure they are on task and getting the work done correctly if there is technology involved in the work. With the technology today, it is very easy to access whatever you would like- so monitoring time on the computer may be a good thing for parents to do. This article would be good for parents to read and understand that some kids can multitask and stay on task- while others need to monitor the time they multitask during homework/study/etc.
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