Beforetime the kids used to play in
the streets, playgrounds and backyards, spent all day with their friends, now with
the advancement of technology and the creation of many devices, the kids prefer
to stay home with their electronic devices.
Until the 80s the technology was in
process of evolution and the only media available were radio, television and
newspaper. Wherefore the people used to visit more his friends and the children
gathered and were playing in the backyard. After school the kids threw their
school materials on the table and ran to the street to meet their neighbors and
friends to play many types of games that were passed from generation to
generation.
Today, new technologies were discovered,
many types of devices were created and the kids grow up surrounded by
technology. They are wasting a lot of time playing videogames, surfing on the
net and using their cellphones. They usually no longer play in the streets,
prefer to stay in home playing videogame alone, using the computer or even
watching TV.
The evolution of technology is very
important and greatly facilitated the tasks of day-to-day, but is important to
have control, especially children, because it is important that they have
contact with other children for play and not spend all day using technologies.
They have to enjoy their childhood because it is a very important phase of
their lives, they can learn much more living with each other than in front of
the computer, they have to be kids.
I think there is another issue at work here. With access to technology there is access to information that scares many parents. Not knowing where your child is today is seen as taboo. When I was a child there would be hours when my mother probably had no idea where I was without worry.
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