It's easy to predict that the future of parenting will be technology-centered. Based on the devices and advancements that are already in the market so far, it can be assumed that stuff normally found in sci-fi literature and films could soon become a reality.
According to Quartz, one can already imagine that in the future, children as young as nursery school students will be using to devices that gather their data to chart their every activity. Babies will be profiled from the womb and technology will also figure out how the healthiest babies can be created.
Parents will literary become helicopter parents who could use drones to monitor their children. Even kids' play time will change and it's already happening, according to Parents.
Today, product manufacturers of baby needs, children's items and toys are responding to consumers with rapid interest. Everything that these entrepreneurs think a family needs can be fitted into a digital device and the choices for parents are actually varied. There are specific gadgets and tools for babies, nursery, older kids, preteens, young adults and parents.
With technological inventions and developments ramping up, a technology-centered future of parenting is now a highly probable scenario. But these improvements will also bring an imbalance to society. For one thing, not everyone can afford all the nifty devices as it is available today and it will likely be the same in the future.
Parents who don't have the means to all the gadgets money can buy could grapple with raising their children. There will be families who will be disadvantaged and as a result, the gap between kids from low-income families versus high-income families will become wider.
Technology isn't also full-proof. Devices can malfunction and could require constant updates so that it can still be used. This poses potential safety issues that could harm children, which could bring new types of problems parents will have to deal with in a technology-centered world.
