Kids create digital vocabulary to outsmart their mother and father

In the digital age, there’s a widening hole between youngsters and fogeys — a harmful pattern with tech-savvy little one predators on the prowl. LOL and FYI could also be widespread acronyms that oldsters know however what number of can decode ‘99’ to be ‘parents gone’? Wonder why youngsters are utilizing these phrases?

Dr Muraleedharan Okay.Okay., a specialist psychiatrist, warned towards misuse of display screen time amid elevated on-line studying. He identified that the majority mother and father are clueless concerning the digital vocabulary utilized by youngsters to maintain their actions discreet.

“MOS: mom over the shoulder, CD9: parents around, P911: parents alert, PAL: parents are listening, PAW: parents are watching, PIR: Parent in room and more terms are part of their digital vocabulary. This shows that children seek autonomy and don’t want parents to know their online and offline activities. Parents, on the contrary, expect their children to come and tell them about the challenges they face,” he stated throughout an interactive session on college students’ psychological well being held by the Abu Dhabi chapter of Science India Forum — UAE, a volunteer organisation.

Dr Muraleedharan famous that amid on-line studying, the usage of the Internet has gone up drastically, which additionally exposes adolescents to unknown contacts and predators.

ashwani@khaleejtimes.com

Ashwani Kumar

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