Once upon a time, you could say. Or, remember, comrades. Growing up without electronic devices, namely. Today, children prefer to hang out on phones and tablets than on trees and playgrounds. But psychotherapist Niki Boon resisted this trend and raises her children away from electronic devices and in contact with nature.
Growing up without electronic devices and in the embrace of nature? Sounds like living in an Amish community. Well, let's reassure you that it's not some kind of cult, even though that's what you might think at first. But this kind of upbringing was quite normal years ago. Running for the ball, bloody knees, dirty hands, etc. Modern parents but they are afraid that their child might do something to themselves in the park, eat a little dirt, tear their shirt, etc., so it is logical that they are happy when their little one is already adopted smartphone or tablet.
But they don't realize that the bigger one danger it actually lies in these devices as in a game somewhere outside, on the playground, on the street, in the park, in nature. Scratches heal, but the Internet and mobile devices can leave permanent, especially negative, consequences.
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So that we don't moralize, let's focus on a series of photos Niki Boon from New Zealand, who allowed her children to listen to animal sounds on the phone instead authentic animal sounds and instead of games, real children's play.
This is what it looks like to grow up without electronic devices and in the embrace of nature:
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