Information overload
The amount of information a person is exposed to today is overwhelming. It takes our ability to make better decision as it’s becoming more and more difficult to differentiate what is true and what is not. While we use internet more to find the answers, it’s becoming also easier to be fooled by it. There are not many tools which can be used to differentiate right information from the wrong. It makes one wonder if it’s even worthwhile to spend time online.
Information Explosion at home and away
With the increase in the use of the gadgets in our home, we are daily exposing our kids to the online information. This information can be through the apps on the phone, iPad or tablets. As much as receiving information is a necessary part of our lives, its also important to discern which type of information is useful. Most of the time we are wasting important part of our lifetime reading about gossip columns or playing games.
Research proves the point
According one of the government research, the teen’s usage of smart phones and tablets is as below:
1. 39% of teens use tablets to go online.
2. 47% of teens play games online.
3. 64% of teens stream videos on Youtube & tv.
4. 74% of teens use a computer to go online
5. 78% of teens research and browse the internet.
Control Internet usage
As the internet usage is growing, its becoming important for parents to make their children learn about the time they spend online. Although there are many controls available in the gadgets we use, to secure or safeguard the information which reaches kids. But it doesn’t turn out to be an effective method. Its important to develop trust between parents and children, so they make right choices and model the same.
How it all works with RealizD?
RealizD as an app provides tool to parents to control the time spent by their kids on phone and tablet. One can enable timed usage of the gadget and also get notified about the same. Although information is overwhelming today but we can still control it’s impact on us by limiting our usage of gadgets and in turn taking control of ourselves.