| Development in science and technology has | | | | harness a child's energy and sharpen his reflexes |
| enthralled everyone, even toddlers. Traditional | | | | for thinking and reacting. However, there are |
| teaching tools and methods are passe or even | | | | natural disadvantages, in that deviating from the |
| prehistoric by the modern standards. If you ask a | | | | traditional form of learning like drawing and |
| toddler to narrate the alphabet to you, don't get | | | | coloring books means diminishing and suppressing |
| shocked if the child babbles out "A" for Apple | | | | the natural talents of the child. |
| Mac, "B" for bytes, "C" for computers. | | | | There is a natural proclivity in almost every child |
| Burdening a kid with extra knowledge even when | | | | today to run to the computer and work. There |
| his mind is not capable of handling it is the order | | | | have been innumerable instances of software |
| of the day. Information technology today is | | | | programs being developed by child geniuses. The |
| playing a vital role in making learning easier for | | | | technological boom has paved the way for an |
| toddlers. The term "infotainment" is perhaps more | | | | industry where the major future players learn the |
| appropriate. Drastic changes have come forth in | | | | tricks of the trade while still in diapers. No wonder |
| the learning process, wherein the grasping power | | | | that robots and the likes have replaced Barbies. |
| of the child is enhanced many times over, since | | | | For parents, even though it's music to the ears, |
| learning is also fun. A toddler learns his basics, like | | | | experts warn about health hazards, particularly to |
| letters and counting, in an interactive way. There | | | | the eyes and brain of a child continuously glued to |
| are other games just for entertainment, which | | | | the computer screen. |