02/03/2024
| According to a data analysis by the KKH health insurance company,
the number of children between the ages of 6 and 18 with speech
disorders increased by almost 60% from 2012 to 2022. Almost one in ten
boys and one in 15 girls are now affected. Among 15- to 18-year-olds,
speech disorders increased by 144%, more so among girls than among boys.
“Chatting and liking are not a replacement for direct communication,”
writes the KKH.
the cause as The experts diagnose
being, in addition to the long-standing triggers of speech disorders,
the excessive use of digital devices and the associated decline in
direct, oral communication. The pandemic (or the pandemic measures;
NH) acted as an “accelerator”.
It wasn't just the children who
spoke less on their own. The parents and other people around them are
also too busy with smartphones to talk to them.
The health
insurance company warns against taking these problems lightly.
“Language and speaking are the cornerstones of a child’s development,”
says Vijitha Sanjivkumar from the KKH’s medicine competence team.
“Language competence is one of the keys to communicating needs, thoughts
and feelings, to opening up the world, understanding it and helping to
shape it socially.”
Therefore the urgent appeal to all parents
and other people who have to do with children. Put your smartphones far
away when you are with children. Don't give them the message that the
normal situation is for two or more people together to talk to others or
stare at a piece of technology and, at best, talk about what they see
on it. Talk to them. Play with them. It will be very good for you
too.
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Trend from the USA: Smartphone-free and fun
02/03/2024
| The technology journalist Kashmir Hill wrote about her iPhone detox
in the New York Times and received many letters, which she now reports
on in the newspaper. The tenor: Not using smartphones makes you happier
and more productive.
Scientists are calling for a moratorium on digitalization in daycare centers and schools
02/01/2024
| The articles on the misery of schools and the associated shortage of
skilled workers have met with great interest. That's why I would like
to point out an informative website of the Society for Education and
Knowledge eV, with many current texts and references to studies on
everyday pedagogical life and pedagogical theory. There is also a
worthy supportable manifesto from scientists calling for a moratorium on
digitalization in daycare centers and schools, which I have reproduced
here in short form.
The shortage of skilled workers from the perspective of a secondary school teacher
01/30/2024
| Companies complain about a shortage of skilled workers. Politicians
are making every effort to remedy this through the immigration of
foreign workers. At the same time, many local young people, especially
those with a migrant background, lack the skills and drive to complete
training and become skilled workers. A secondary school teacher
describes the students' situation, the causes of their problems and
possible remedies by the school and companies. He does it anonymously
because school administrators don't like it when you talk about things.
Drosten and the children
12/10/2023
| Christian Drosten wants science to speak with one voice in a
pandemic and dissenting voices to be kept away from the public. Two
scientists with differing opinions who were ultimately right, Ulrich
Keil and Angela Spelsberg, describe in this guest article from their own
experience of an argument with Drosten, and what fatal consequences
such an idiosyncratic understanding of science can have.
Ethics Council Chairwoman Buyx thanks children and young people instead of apologizing
12/2/2022
| Henry Mattheß | The German Ethics Council, headed by its chairwoman
Prof. Dr. med. Alena Buyx and the majority of its members worked as
an active advocate for German Corona policy and its measures for over
two and a half years. On November 28th The chairwoman presented an ad
hoc recommendation on supporting children and young people “during and
after social crises” and called for “great thanks and respect” for their
“performance of solidarity”. She expressly refused to apologize.
