How to help your child be self-aware and socially-intuitive in a digital world that draws them away from realityPush a button and get things done, and even a 2-year-old can navigate the world this way. As children switch from one option to another, it’s making them expert multi-taskers, but according to research done in University College London, media-multitasking and rapid switching from task to task can weaken parts of the brain involved in high-level information and emotion processing. If not managed properly, kids can get sucked into a digital world of their own and show little interest in anything outside of it. How then can parents create an environment for children to be socially aware and more importantly, self-aware, i.e. getting to know themselves and their own interests, passions and strengths, and then relating them to the world around? Maya Thiagarajan, educator and author of Beyond The Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting for the Global Age and Dr S Arunkumar, xx-based psychiatrist, help us understand. Find moments to connect Do engage in conversations with your children, any opportunity you get, but especially if they’re going through a rough patch. For example, if your child has had an argument with a friend, ask her to describe her feelings, how the other […]