Friday, July 25, 2014

Social Media

It's funny to think one of the main uses of social media is for "communication", when the only thing it's done is make us awkward at really communicating. Look around, you go out to eat and instead of people talking to each other, they're zombied out drooling on their phones. I don't want my kid to grow up to be socially awkward because from the time he came out of the womb, he was using an iPhone. There's nothing normal about this. What happened to kids going out in the woods and building a treehouse, or playing with sticks. When did toy cars become unacceptable? When did giving your 7 year old child an iPhone become the norm? I don't have to be old to understand what's going on. It's honestly the strangest thing to me. You don't even need a key to start your car. Where I come from, we still use screwdrivers to start our car. Have a question? Nevermind the fact that we have google, you don't even have to lift a pinky to type your question. Just say it into just about any device you own. Why is advancing in technology so important to everyone? People lived so long (comfortably) without it.
What's important to me, for my children to know is how to survive. Do you think they're going to learn that from Facebook? The only positive view I have on social media is the fact that you get to "communicate" with friends and family that are far away. Other than that, I could easily and willingly live without it.

4 comments:

  1. I totally agree with you. It's really hard to find that balance as a parent between teaching your kids that there's a REAL world around them, but not leaving them at a disadvantage for their future by not exposing them to the technology that has invaded modern society. That's one of the problems that we face as parents that previous generations didn't have to deal with. Good luck! I'm sure you'll figure it out....you're a smart woman! :)

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  2. Good to see at least some parents have sound judgement in a world where ignorance is rewarded.

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  3. It is so crazy to think of the direction this generation and the future ones are moving towards. I think the days of treehouses are over and it is kind of sad. People want things fast an easy and that concept covers everything in the lives of most people.

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  4. Great topic... I too am disgusted with the lack of real world experience the newer generations of children are facing. This is one of the reasons I want to get out of Florida when I graduate from South University. Florida, which for the most part provides a suburban lifestyle has been slowly adopting a more "city" lifestyle. What with Cityplace and Mizner park creating these downtown areas (which are great, but... ) attract a more urban lifestyle that frankly I'm not so fond of. I want my son to be able to climb trees and play outside for hours until I'm calling him in for dinner. That sounds a hell of a lot more appealing than having to pry his face off of the computer. I teach kids and adults martial arts and I remember when I was a kid, rolling on the ground or doing a flip into a pool was not a big deal, but seeing some of these newer generations of children not be able to roll upside down, not because of some learning disorder but because they just never even tried to do it before makes me wonder what's going 10 or 20 years down line. Is it going to be like the movie "Wall-E" where humans just sit on their gluteus maximus all day on the computer until we haven't seen someones face with our own eyes for years? I hope not.

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