The iPad Generation

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Ritu raises concerns about the children growing up in our digital age. When my sons were small, a paper and pen were always in the handbag. Waiting anywhere was occupied by drawing and later by playing word games, dots or hangman. Crayons, chalks and paper are the cheapest of toys… and the best of learning tools on so many levels.

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Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.

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12 Responses to The iPad Generation

Ritu says:

January 6, 2016 at 21:11

Thank you for this reblog Sue, it is an issue so close to my heart, and it is awful to see just how much the lack of a simple pencil and paper in children’s lives nowadays affects their development…

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 6, 2016 at 21:14
  
  Fine control is so critical to so many things, including writing of course, but not just that. I see every day how Nick struggles with many very simple tasks after losing that fine control in his dominant hand. Anything that can enhance it has to be good. Besides, drawing, painting, writing and modelling are all great fun for kids…especially when they are allowed to get messy.
  
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  - Ritu says:
    
    January 6, 2016 at 21:18
    
    Absolutely Sue. That is why it is so crucial for everyone to realise we need a balance of the things children are exposed to, so that they don’t totally lose a whole skillset!
    
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    - Sue Vincent says:
      
      January 6, 2016 at 21:27
      
      I couldn’t agree with you more. I loved baking with the kids too… even if I did have to surreptitiously replace their grey, hardened pastry with something edible when they weren’t looking 😉
      
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      - Ritu says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 21:30
        
        I’ve lost count of the glitter glue/paint stains in the carpets, and the such like, but you have to let kids experience these things, indoors and outdoors… it is all character building, and gives them the chance to learn necessary skills. Kids need to take risks to learn too…
        
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        Sue Vincent says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 21:33
        
        Yep. And apart from anything else, the research shows you learn and remember better what you write by hand, it engages different parts of the brain. Removing pens from children is preventing them accessing all kinds of areas of creativity.
        
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        Ritu says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 21:36
        
        I totally agree. That is why my house has pens everywhere!
        
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        Sue Vincent says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 21:36
        
        So has mine…and I can still never find one when an idea comes….
        
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        Ritu says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 21:55
        
        Or one that works lol!
        
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        Sue Vincent says:
        
        January 6, 2016 at 22:07
        
        Exactly!
        
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alesiablogs says:

January 6, 2016 at 21:26

Oh how can we forget pen and paper!!!

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- Sue Vincent says:
  
  January 6, 2016 at 21:29
  
  All too easily, it seems.
  
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