https://www.main-vision.com/tags/natives/ Recent content in Natives on Richard's Static Blog Hugo en-gb Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:42:56 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/07/on-technological-literacy-of-parents/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:42:56 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/07/on-technological-literacy-of-parents/ <p>Yet again I see an article about children being banned from using mobile phones before they are thirteen years of age and once again I find myself asking, &ldquo;but what if parents had the required digital literacy to help children and teens?&rdquo; and &ldquo;What if teachers had that digital literacy too?&rdquo; Ireland has yet, again said that it would ban children younger from 13 from using smart phones. In my eyes this is a mistake because it fails to address the technological illiteracy of their parents, and children, handicapping them for life in the 21st century.</p>