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Are we raising little devils?

Each successive generation has tended to believe it operated in the most efficient manner possible. However, one cannot help but wonder how we functioned efficiently prior to The Internet of Things! The Internet has certainly revolutionised the media space.

All people whose marbles are intact would unflinchingly speak favourably of the phenomenal benefits of the Internet. Alongside the benefits are many downsides, which parents must pay attention to.

Though somewhat hard to swallow, the truth is, the availability and affordability of the Internet driven technological gadgets has resulted in a blooming and sedentary net-generation of children. I would say, if our tech-savvy children’s dexterity in effortlessly surfing the net and devouring its content were possessed of speed, light, the fastest known object in the universe, would surely lag far behind. I was born in the late 1960s in Molepolole. I first laid my eyes on a TV set in South Africa in the late 1970s.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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