I am convinced my grandchildren will be zombies. Have you really taken a good look lately at what the world's teens are becoming? They are so engulfed in the digital world. The eat, sleep, and breath mega-pixels. They communicate via screens and keypads. Face-to-face contact and socializing in 'real' life hardly happens anymore. Will our grandchildren know how to talk to each other? Will they be able to look people straight in the eye and talk? Or will they all be social freaks and only know how to communicate via a keypad? Will they know how to read a map or get somewhere? Or will they rely on that lady inside the GPS to tell them where to go all of the time? The only viruses will be computer viruses. No more spreading of germs. Will they leave their houses? Why should they? They will be able to do everything via their homes. Work, socialize, play. Will entertaining take place via a computer screen? Will their proms be held via web cam? Will they have any type of real social skills? I see this already. Have you noticed the way the majority of teens in the workplace interact with customers? They don't! They are like zombies! It is like the only way they know to communicate is digitally.
I will be the first to admit I love my new-age digital conveniences, but we are from a generation that still knows the real world. What is going to happen when we get to the generation that knows nothing else?
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Interesting question, and one I've wondered about myself. We're of a generation before the internet and therefore we have a healthy, um fear? Respect? For it.
Ever see Wall-E? I'm concerned that we're going to end up like that in a couple years.
Oooooh, scary. This is why I try to limit the digitizing in my house. Is that a word???
It is a terrifying thought. It's our job as parents to keep our kids connected through relationships, and not over expose them. There is a healthy balance somewhere, right?
It is very scary to me. They are losing the ability to actually communicate with people.
How coincidental. My mom and stepdad had this exact conversation with us this morning regarding their observations on our society.
While there is definitely a place for technological "advancement," I do hope it doesn't replace face-to-face interaction.
You are so right! Zombies with pants hanging down to their knees!...*Shiver* Scary!
Visiting from SITS! I'll be back for sure!!
Working with youth - we already call them "Screen-agers"...
I honestly had to have a conversation with a troubled youth & her mother... she would not talk to us.. but she would sit in the SAME room & text us what she was thinking!!! And later that night, her mom told me they were talking... but via facebook chat! Seriously!!! The future generations will have NO social skills!
You are so right! My 18 year old daughter thinks it would be "great!!" to have a robot go out and live your life while you sit home and direct them! Very scary! Her friends are all the same way, with their heads down staring at their little screens and not having any social skills. Seriously a generation of freaks!
I think you bring up a very good point. I do think that being "connected" all the time has hurt our children's ability to interact with each other and with adults. It will be intersting to see how this unfolds as this generation grows up and becomes adults.
I'd also like to say that I'm new to your blog and really love your thought-provoking and insightful posts. This is exactly the kind of blog I enjoy. Glad I found you.
Did you see the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates? I think we're becoming like that except we don't have the cool robot bodies to walk around in.
Of course, who am I to weigh in on this. I'm typing at you right now!
It's definitely a whole new world!! My oldest son just got a cell phone for his 15th birthday this summer, but my 12-year old son tells me he's the only kid in his class without one...and he's probably right!
I tease my son about how he and his friends can send a hundred texts and never actually say anything. They go like this..."'sup" "nothin" "me neither" "what ru doing" "nothing".etc.!
When I was a teen, though, I spent HOURS on the phone - with the cord pulled as far as it would go, stretching from the kitchen wall into the hall closet!
Sue
Unfortunately I'm afraid that horse is out of the barn.
Our oldest granddaughter visits often on the weekend. A year ago it seemed like she kept her cellphone pretty close and did ocassionaly text. But now, she's 17, she doesn't even seem to have it with her. She used to take it into her room with her at night and now she hardly even touches it. I'm not sure what to attribute that, too, but I find it interesting.
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