The costs of higher education are rising every passing day. As a parent, you would naturally want all that investment to be utilized in an efficient and effective manner. Even a minute of school time being wasted on wasteful and frivolous activities, can be a very eye-soaring affair. As it is, during the school breaks one can spend a lot of time on recreational activities, such as watching television and playing games. Over the years, it has been observed that certain gadgets can be particularly harmful for a students academics. Some of these gadgets that can have a counter productive impact are as follows :


1.High End Laptop - Parents should be particularly careful when they plan to provide their beloved child with a high end laptop, such as the 'MacBook Air' or 'Voodoo Envy gaming laptop'. Not only are these gadgets costly and counter-productive but there is also a good chance of them being lost, stolen, dropped or damaged. A gaming machine, such as these, will just tempt the child to play games instead of studying and can have an adverse result on the scholastic records of your child

2.Desktop Gaming Machine - Another device that may just have adverse affects on the academics of your child. Unless you actually want your child to spend the nights away gaming, it makes no sense to buy him/her with this gadget.

3.TIVO – Well, that beloved gadget might surely save a few minutes of your day by skipping all the commercials, but wouldn't that just make watching television an even more entertaining proposition. Certainly not something you would want for your son/daughter. As great as Tivos might be, your child's future might just edge out in terms of priority.

4.Game Console - As badly as your child may want it, leaving that 'PS3' or 'Xbox' at home might just be the right thing to do in order to ensure no distraction from the main task of studying. Obviously, the effect that these gadgets have on your child's socializing skills are not that great either. Avoiding them might just ensure your child a good academic result and a socializing opportunity.

5.Segway – Maybe providing your child with a more human-powered form of transportation, a bicycle, makes more sense. Not only will it give him an extra opportunity to exercise, but also avoid the expenses