Permissiveness toward Gadget Use
In this age of digital technology, quality time with parents is often replaced by gadgets. Many children in Generation Z, also often called the “net generation”, become familiar with gadgets before they are 5 years old.
In this age of digital technology, quality time with parents is often replaced by gadgets. Many children in Generation Z, also often called the “net generation”, become familiar with gadgets before they are 5 years old.
A Kompas poll on July 18-19 shows a general permissiveness among adults, parents or otherwise, towards children’s use of gadgets. A majority of respondents (83.1 percent) said that children 13 years old and above might be allowed to use internet-connected gadgets. Another 15.8 percent of respondents said that they would allow children under 13 years old to use internet-connected gadgets.