An enormous concern has been arising within the community of experts in child behavior and pedagogy, this being a professor of harvard one of those that has spoken the most publicly about the phenomena of the new generations, recently going so far as to say that children are growing up as “people who act like robots”, something that is undoubtedly worrying.
It is not a secret to anyone that the way of raising children has changed drastically in the last 20 years, in large part due to the lifestyle that is led today and how life in general has taken leaps and bounds in directions that a few years ago were just a matter of fantasy or science fiction and this could be the source of the problem.
“People who act like robots” the terrifying description of this expert on the behavior of children today
This is Rebecca Rolland, a psychologist and Harvard professor who is also a writer and recently published her new book entitled “The Art of Talking with Children”, where she explores the keys to foster creativity and improve family ties with children simply through of conversations.
“There are superficial and logistical conversations, but little time is spent in deeper conversations of full listening,” explains the expert about the way in which children are spoken today and how it affects their development.
“There is a lot of research on this that says that if we take advantage of these day-to-day conversations and make them great learning opportunities,” Rolland continues in a recent interview, “these conversations can be used much more effectively and we can improve our lives.”
Rebecca Rolland’s advice when talking to children
During the same interview, the woman spoke about the disconnect between adults and children, explaining, “I think that with our busy work lives, we place a lot of importance on the achievements and performance of children, but we often forget what it means. It is to be a boy or to be a girl”.
“It can be simply leaving your mind blank or walking and looking at what we are seeing,” Rolland clarifies about the childhood experience and the importance of having conversations without any practical purpose and only to expand thoughts and live in the moment.