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| Dr. Jean Clinton of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. speaks about the importance of love and face-to-face interaction for childhood development at a luncheon put on by the Moose Jaw South Central Regional Intersectoral Committee at Wood Acres on May 16, 2014. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
By Lisa Goudy
Nothing should replace face-to-face interactions with kids.
“We’re seeing lots of parents on iPads and on their iPhones and we need to let them know that face-to-face time rather than FaceTime is really, really important, that the building of the brain is built through face-to-face,” said Dr. Jean Clinton of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. following a presentation at Wood Acres on Friday. “One of my key messages is that love builds brains.”
She spoke to a capacity crowd of about 90 people downstairs at Wood Acres as part of the Moose Jaw South Central Regional Intersectoral Committee’s early childhood luncheon on Friday.
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This is very true. Too many of these kids are playing with technology and parents need to stop this.
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