I'm not sold on the "sad" times. But I certainly think these times are "different"-but as I continue to get older the "changes" become even harder to accept.
I've heard experts in the social science field opine that technology has simply replaced the "old days" where we interacted with others face to face. The net has replaced the face to face communication and kids today have as many friends as before-its just than they communicate differently.
It's also pretty natural for us to say that times today are far worse than times when we grew up. Its called aging and its always been that way. Even during the "good old days".
My grand kids while involved in competitive sports seem to always be on their smart phones and i pads playing games, etc. But I can assure you they know far more about politics, history, math, sciences, medicine, than I ever did when I was their age. And I think that's good. What I think is "bad" is the following: They both are heavily involved on the weekends with ski racking and soccer, etc. During the school week there is always soccer practice at night and then there is karate, dance classes, etc. So if they have any time at all they will feed their electronic "addiction" which leaves very little time for their studies. Hopefully, my son and his wife can get some control on this because both grand kids are exceptionally bright and could be high university bound if they spent more time on their school work. (just my opinion).
When they "play" with friends they do so on line. Seldom do we find neighborhoods filled with kids growing up together. Our lives today are just so transitional with people moving from area to area kids just don't have the same opportunities that we did when we grew up with the same families on the same street.
It's just different.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2018 09:38AM by waterfield.
