In past generations, technology was not prominent. My mother tells me when she was a kid, her and her friends spent their time outside and were very active. Technology is taking over our world. Today, many households have laptops, computers, ipads, tablets, and every member of the family has a cellphone. Technology is taking over households and is holding families back from strong bonds and relationships.
Times have definitely changed. Children in my own high school are almost never away from their phone and it is almost always on their person. Many don’t eat as a family either. That’s only high school. My younger sister and brother both have their own ipads and if they aren’t on their ipads they are watching tv. When their friends come over they seclude themselves to their electronics. Where’s their imagination? They’ve had no experience in the world and parents acceptance of technology is a major part of the problem.
This picture illustrates how man has become dependent on technology. Rather than having a daily catch with their son, a man entertains him with the electronic world so he can busy himself with other media knowing his/her child will not be injured or in harm. The image shows that being a more active member in a child’s life teaches them more life lessons and skills that can’t be acquired from a screen.
How is a child to become ready to parent and teach their children lessons from their childhood and their morals when they had no help shaping it themselves? Without an active environment not dependent on technology, children have no ability to learn, understand things, and set appropriate goals and values for the rest of their life. If parents made their house less reliant on technology and forced their kids to spend more time in the real world, children will be able to step away from a virtual reality to understand their own reality.
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