EXAMINATION – Faced with digital addiction, parents feel increasingly helpless and guilty. But can we use it wisely and turn risk into strength?
One can think that Anisa is still far from the thorny topic of “screens”. A mother of just 14 months old, she is still spared the fear that her son will be too exposed. Protected from the temptation of YouTube Kids, incessant requests to watch cartoons after school or on weekends. And yet. The theme has already found its way to a Parisian family. “My partner and I work on screens, and the laptop is everywhere in our lives,” explains the 35-year-old young woman. Our smartphones tell us the time, serve as GPS in the car, provide cooking recipes, allow us to make video calls with our grandparents…”
Anisa already feels guilty, often even when her son looks at her with his face bent over the phone, or when he wants to take it from her hand. And even more so when he almost fell while his mother’s eyes were glued to the Vinted app. “I felt so stupid… Now this…
Source: Le Figaro
