Steve Jobs is the man behind the phenomenal smart phone iPhone and iPad, so it may come as a surprise that the former Apple Chief Executive Office did not allow his kids to use some of his greatest creations. Jobs passed away in 2011, had an distinctive flair on technology but in real life, he is low-tech parent, limiting his kids' access to mobile technology,
In his interview in 2010, he said,
"We limit how much technology our kids use at home, they haven't used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home. I'm sure I responded with a gasp and dumbfounded silence. I had imagined the Jobs's household was like a nerd's paradise: that the walls were giant touch screens, the dining table was made from tiles of iPads and that iPods were handed out to guests like chocolates on a pillow. Nope, Mr. Jobs told me, not even close."
Among modern parents, iPads and iPhones are greatly attractive to children. These mobile devices are considered as state of the art toys. It can also be a substitute for caregivers are it can entertain, distract and pacify kids during long car journeys and school holidays when dads and moms attentions are not focused on them. On the other hand, even Jobs is a technological guru, who had significant issues about the long-term side effects of engaging kids with touch screen technology for over an hour.
Jobs added, "My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists. They say that none of their friends have the same rules. That's because we have seen the dangers of technology first hand. I've seen it in myself; I don't want to see that happen to my kids."
According to the University of California researchers and its previously published study, just a few days from not using electronic gadgets, the social skills of children immediately and significantly improved.
Lastly, he pointed out, "Every evening Steve made a point of having dinner at the big long table in their kitchen, discussing books and history and a variety of things. No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer. The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices."
