The Digital Parent Trap Summary

The rise of technology has given a boon to many industries, and education is certainly one of them. Yet parents continue to abstain technology from their kids. Why is this so? Undoubtedly, there are some predetermined beliefs that roots in this reactive paradigm. In order to bust this outdated myth, a famous author named Eliana Dockterman comes to the rescue. In her article, "The Digital Parent Trap", she argues that technology should be used by kids today, by appealing the audience with factual evidence, long-term benefits, and most importantly, acknowledging the parent's perspective. Eliana starts off her essay by acknowledging and pretending to be on the parent's point of view. Techniques like this are very convincing. By mentioning both sides of the argument, the reader recognizes that Eliana's findings are more objective rather than a personal opinion. For instance, in her article, she mentions how moms try "to protect her kids from the perils of new technology" to the possible consequences of "cyber-bullying". By blatantly telling the reader that cyber-bulling is a risk to consider with technology, the parent/reader has a firm understanding of the author having

Her main argument has to do with how quickly a student learns, stating that kids who used technology had a "retention rate skyrockets to 90%" compared to the more lackluster reading to learn with a retention rate of only 10%.This becomes especially persuasive because she is able to show to the reader that technology aims towards a common goal of learning, just in a much better and faster fashion. Furthermore, she uses statistics from real-world testing to show that children who used technology were "12% better on logic test". All these evidence further encapsulate Eliana's argument upon why technology should be used in today's world, leaving the reader with a very reprehensible feeling of