| 阅读理解 The other night as I was getting ready for bed I turned off my phone and put it on the dresser．My 17- year-old daughter stared at me in disbelief．“But Mom ” she shouted “it's so far away!” For today's youth technology isn't just a handy way to keep in touch or organize your daily life; it's as necessary as eating and breathing －and seems to come just as naturally．Between smartphones iPods video games and the Internet being wired is a way of life．The average teen sends more than 50 texts a day; younger children spend over 10 hours a week playing video games; the amount of time all kids spend online daily has increased a lot in the past 10 years． We're just beginning to assess how this nonstop connectivity(连接)is affecting our kids' social and intellectual(智力的)development．It's increasingly clear that it's changing the nature of children's relationships to each other to their families and to the world around them．It may even be rewriting their brains． In a world where plagiarism(剽窃)is just Wikipedia click away and people have hundreds of online friends they've never met helping your kids make smart choices has never been more important．And technology is changing so rapidly that it can be hard to keep up．Just a few years ago a 10-year-old with a cell phone could do little with it beyond placing a call．Now handing her one is giving her the ability to text go online and send and receive photos． The idea that parents need to get involved in their children's digital lives as actively as they do in academic or sports activities is still new．The digital field is a positive place for kids．It promotes a lot of healthy habits like socialization and a sense of connectedness to the greater world．But children need guidance． |