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Parenting is not something to be taken lightly. To be honest, I feel very sad and concerned that today's parents—not all of them, but the vast majority—don't know how to raise children. The best they can do to entertain them is to give them a tablet, a cell phone, or turn on the television, and they don't realize the damage they are doing to them, that even though they are so young, they can entertain them with these technologies. ![20260214-215044_Google Play Store.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/yolimarag/23uEv7MQaEhqkzs1uCbZWEqZahjSjCHEJQ9PHECD7fiauiGQ5MS1km75WSB4hGkJWr537.jpg) It's true that today's children, as they say, are born with a tablet in their hands, and I've seen this even in my own family. Children are barely a year old or younger and they already put a tablet in their crib or stroller, unaware of the damage they are doing, first and foremost to their eyesight. because at that age their pupils are very sensitive. Secondly, at that age they are developing their learning skills and strengthening their motor skills through interaction with the people around them. Being in front of a screen is why today's generation is called the "crystal generation." Anything can harm them because when they were little they didn't have the relationships and teachings they so desperately needed. ![20260214_190642.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/yolimarag/23yThUrntUA1vcPZfHkqcTrXo9CXobsr5GZq6agsmdAsp1SQtkLFfMFPDmrEg4pXz59vG.jpg) I am from a time when there was no internet, let alone cell phones, and I think we grew up happy back then. We had a very happy childhood. I remember having lots of toys and games at home when I was a child, so I was never bored. I played a lot with my cousins and friends. I liked to read because it was a form of entertainment, and I even played in the rain. Nowadays, children don't even want to go outside to play because they don't want to leave their screens. When my children were young, I didn't raise them with screens, but with games and toys that would teach them something. I gave them a lot of love and time, which is one of the things children need most, and of course, the values they need for when they grow up, so they learn to stand up for themselves. I am from a time when there was no internet, let alone cell phones, and I think we grew up happy back then. We had a very happy childhood. I remember having lots of toys and games at home when I was a child, so I was never bored. I played a lot with my cousins and friends. I liked to read because it was a form of entertainment, and I even played in the rain. Nowadays, children don't even want to go outside to play because they don't want to leave their screens. When my children were young, I didn't raise them with screens, but with games and toys, parks, activities that taught them something. I gave them lots of love and time, which is one of the things children need most, and, of course, the values they need when they grow up, so they learn to fend for themselves and grow up confident.

Thanks to friend @galenkp for the weekend topics and motivating us to create content, in this your week #296 see you in a next post 😉, blessings 😘 .

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