Today’s society is filled with Facebook, twitter, iPhones, iPods, and twelve year olds on cell phones. What ever happened to having an imagination, playing basketball outside, or going for a bike ride with your friends instead of texting them to come over to play Wii. When I was a child, I used to ride my scooter around the neighborhood with my brother and sister, play capture the flag with a bunch of friends. I used to have a limit on electronics, not that I even cared back then. I had much more fun playing outside. I’m not sure what it is, but something has gone completely wrong to the next generation.
It wasn’t that long ago that we were just kids. Look at the kids in your town. These kids are only in elementary school and middle school, with cell phones, using Facebook and Twitter. They make statuses about smoking weed and write tweets about having sex. What happened!? When I was a kid I didn’t care about having a cell phone or making a Facebook or Twitter account. Making statuses about sex and weed?!?! I don’t think I knew what either or those things were in elementary school. Or if I did I surely didn’t care.
Our society has been ruined by these kids. They smoke and drink more than our generation combined. Not only that. Girls walk around with their boobs hanging out and guys walk around with their pants down to their knees. If my mom ever saw my brother, sister, or myself in the clothes that these kids wear, she’d smack me across the head and send me up to my room. These kids have no respect for themselves or their bodies. Girls hook up with a new guy every week, while a guy figures out a way to get the girls to have sex with them.
All I know is my kids will not get a cell phone until I think they’re ready. They will not be allowed to have social networks until age appropriate. Inappropriate behavior will not be allowed in my house. I want my children to enjoy life the way I did, drama free and fun. There is anything wrong with that, right?
I sort of agree with what you are saying here. There is a huge rise in the use of technology in younger kids. They even have laptops and tablets designed specifically for preschoolers. I feel as if this doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing though. The technology is very useful in helping kids learn skills at a younger age. When used correctly, the learning devices could actually help future generations by training them for learning before they even start school.
ReplyDeleteI am not entirely convinced that the younger generation is more focused on drugs and sex than other generations. I know plenty of people who are in their 30s and 40s right now who have told me about the drugs they used as kids, sometimes when they were as young as 10 year old. I think now with all of the social media and technology the drug use and sex is just more advertised.
I see your point. I'm confused about which age group you're talking about though. You seem to be saying here that kids in elementary school make statuses on Facebook and Tweet about having sex and smoking weed...Is this the case in your town? I know that as a whole our society has evolved in a negative way, but I highly doubt a lot of 4th graders are talking about smoking weed and having sex. 6th or 7th grade, maybe. 4th grade though?
ReplyDeleteI do see the point you're trying to make but I feel like you lost me with your blanket statements. I wouldn't say that technology is totally to blame for the illegal and heinous actions our youth today are committing. I know when I was in 8th grade there were people who smoked and had sex. They were seen as the "rebels", but they existed all the same. They push the envelope and they've been around for centuries.
The last paragraph is a good closing to your overall point. Our youth are undoubtedly being affected by the technology changes and societal evolutions we are currently in. I'm just not sure if it's as severe as you make it out to be.