Has it ever come to your mind where you ask yourself if your exposure to gadgets and the internet has anything to do with your performance at school? If yes, then this book is the perfect fit for you. Wired Raising Pinoy Kids in the Digital Age is a book which explains fully how a student’s exposure to gadgets affect the students behavior and attitude especially his or her academic performance. Written by Queena N. Lee-Chua, PhD; Ma. Isabel Sison-Dionisio, MA, Nerisa C. Fernandez and Michele S. Alignay, MA which are all mothers and experts in family ministries, the authors will share their struggles as mothers and how they were able to overcome those challenges. It will be seen at the end of the each chapter how their parenting positively affected their children’s performance at school. Summary: The book started on discussing first the false perception of most parents towards the internet including the myth that internet makes a child smarter. It was explained in this part why other schools prefer books instead of having tablets for students. With the use of surveys, it was proven how computers have no effect on the students’ performance and was in fact worsening their academic performance. The first reason was because those students who were granted …show more content…
This includes the essays from other parents on which they share their own struggles on taming their children. Eating dinner together and spending time for at least a couple of minutes were proven to be very effective on tightening the connection of the parents to their children. The authors of the book also emphasized how important is the parents’ approach to the child’s misconduct. At the end of the book, it is shown how important the relationship of the parents to their children on making their children grow into responsible and moral