Kate Middleton has released a statement warning the public of the dangers of the growing reliance on technology during childhood.
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood have published an essay statement by Kate, Princess of Wales. It’s titled, “The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World”.
The essay was written in collaboration with Professor Robert Waldinger of Harvard University. It aims to encourage people to make more human connections. And also tries to warn about the dangers of technological attachment can have. It also offers a personal perspective from Kate.
Kate Middleton releases statement essay
The essay states: “The implications extend across generations. People who developed strong social and emotional skills in childhood maintained warmer connections with their spouses six decades later, even into their eighties and nineties. This demonstrates that these skills are not only teachable, but have remarkably long-lasting effects.
“Teaching children to better understand both their inner and outer worlds sets them up for a lifetime of healthier, more fulfilling relationships. But if connection is they key to human thriving, we face a concerning reality. Every social trend is moving in the opposite direction.”
The essay states that “for the past 70 years” there has been less time being spent “investing in each other”. This includes family dinners and joining clubs and communities.
Kate’s essay continued: “Perhaps most troubling of all, more people than ever report having no one they can confide in about what is going on in their life.
“While new technology has many benefits, we must also acknowledge that it plays a complex and often troubling role in this epidemic of disconnection.”
They go on to highlight that while devices should keep people connected, it often achieves the “opposite” effect.
It added: “When we check our phones during conversations, scroll through social media during family dinners, or respond to e-mails while playing with our children, we are not just being distracted, we are withdrawing the basic form of love that human connection requires.
“The challenge is particularly acute for today’s babies and young children who have been born into a world immersed in digital technology.”
Kate and William don’t allow their children to have phones
Kate and Prince William feel so strongly about the negativity with technology that they don’t allow their children to have phones.
The couple are parents to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven.
But it seems a world offline is what they are trying to achieve with their own children.
While appearing on a recent episode of Eugene Levy’s travel Apple TV+ series, The Reluctant Traveler, he was asked about life out off the spotlight.
Prince William told him: “We sit and chat. None of the children have phones. It’s something we are really strict about.”
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