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Are You Aware About Digital Dementia? – By Nisal Rukshan Digitalization is now all around us, with different usages. Generally, it shows enhanced technology on the fingertips of the global village of connectivity. Instead of old-age manual physical exposures towards commitments, now we are simply addicted to digital devices like videos, documents, games, applications, opinion-seeking, etc. So, most of the time, due to this addiction, we are reluctant to see the negative impacts of the usage of these digitized devices. Why? Simply, such devices have made everything easy and simple under the systems. If everything can be done so easily, especially when everything is in there, on the internet, then why should we need to work hard? Yes, global wisdom is on our fingertips, in the name of digitalization. Today thought of put an effort to open your eyes towards the things that are interconnected with digital devices which make ...

Using change management and two $2 investments in reducing children’s screen time – By Alok Das Source : connectwithalokdas As working parents with a young family, like any other working families, the wellbeing of our children has always been a key priority for my wife and me. One key challenge for us – and I’m sure there are millions of mums and dads who feel this – is managing children’s screen time. Source: Paul Rogers, The New York Times We live in a digital world where screen time has become as normal as breathing, whether for work, or for communication, or for entertainment. Like adults, children also spend a lot of time on the screens for education and for entertainment. The challenge stems from the fact that what starts as necessity ends up in some sort of addiction. One caveat: I have written this piece as food for thought; not as ...