I admit that I am becoming my parents. As I watch the world change, I am not so sure that it is always for the better. So I get to complain and refer to the "good old days".
Believe it or not, I matured while watching computer technology grow from it's infancy. Yep, I learned how to write programs using early computer languages. As companies like Intel learned how to put more and more information on small "computer chips", it allowed the cost of computing to come down. Apple actually started to make computers available to the average person with "home computers" in the early 1980's. I got hooked on electronic spreadsheets. The rest is history. Smaller chips. Lap top computers. Blu-Ray CD players. You get the idea. Lots of ways to make personal living more affordable and fun.
So where am I going with this technology observation. To the land of "mush". My contention is that we are turning our younger generation in to "mindless" robots. They "plug into" a computer game that takes them to the land of OZ and they learn absolutely nothing except how develop "finger-thumb" coordination. The game experience is amazing and enjoyable. What is lost is the constant exposure to different situations and the development of character! We wonder why our kids are overweight!.
Don't allow your kids minds to turn to "mush". Technology is great and it can be a powerful tool in dealing with life. Or you can continure buy your kids a bigger and better Playstations with Blu-Ray capability with gillions of gigabytes storage so that can lay their lazy asses on the sofa playing "Slay Godzilla" while the sun is shining outside. That will make them happy! That will make them useless. That transport them to the land of mush.
Here it comes. In my day, we experienced things constantly that served us well as we traveled the path of life. Technology can allow a person to become more productive in an exponential way. Technology can alternatively turn a kid's mind to mush. Don't let it happen. Make them get a job. Let them assume home responsibilites. Force them to go outside and play. Do something, anything (even if it is wrong)! Hide the joysticks.
Love,
Dad