A: I might sound like an old fuddy-duddy, but look at that mother with her child on the seat over there.
B: With both of them staring intently at their mobile phones?
A: That’s right. I can’t help thinking that the child is not getting much mental stimulation, and that the parent should be trying to engage him somehow.
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B: How do you know the child isn’t reading something intellectually stimulating, or studying?
A: You do think I’m old-fashioned. I get it. I just think the toys we had when we were young expanded our imagination and gave us the chance to run around outside.
A: 我知道我可能聽起來像個老古板啦,不過你看看坐在那邊的媽媽和小孩。
B: 你是說他們兩個都聚精會神地看手機嗎?
A: 沒錯。我忍不住去想,那個小孩在心智上沒有得到足夠的刺激,他媽媽應該要想辦法讓他做點別的事。
B: 你怎麼知道那個小孩不是在看一些很燒腦的東西,或是在讀書?
A: 你真的覺得我是老古板,我知道了。我只是覺得我們小時候玩的玩具可以激發想像力,而且讓我們有機會到外面跑來跑去。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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