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This is a tough one, although I really like technology myself, I hate that my kids are shooting people all day long instead of outside in the yard "pretending." I guess all things have to change but this change has really impacted childhood to the point of almost taking it away. My 12 yr old knows WAY too much already about things she should know in her 20's & 30's.
betonit@gmail.com
I know it's wrong to say it, but I love how these computer games keep my kids minds going all the time. It may be a different kind of play than how we played but it is still playing. With three boys it actually brings them together in their play time that I don't think would be happening if it weren't for some of these computer games and WII games.
dalia@me.com
We cannot deny the countless advantages of today's technology. We just need to teach our kids (by example) that our cell phones don't have to be on 24/7, that being outside is much more fun than watching tv, communtication exists outside the facebook world...I ONLY WISH MY KIDS WERE BORN PRE 9/11 -- when it wasn't terrifying to get on a plane or crowded subway!
I love the internet and computers. But, I remember doing research in the library or at home on my Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedias. Those were the days! I like the fact that you can store all of your photos on the computer and email them to people. But, there's some to be said @ those film cartridges and starting a new roll in our camera. I think without computers kids played outside more so. So, I will go with bringing up my kids in the pre-computer era.
Pre computer/X-Box/Internet all the way. Specifically...in the 1980's meaning just prior to the internet being for the masses. Take my brother and I for example. Back in the '80's when we wanted to look at smut, we had to hike it down to the corner liquor store and put a quarter in one of those newspaper machines and get a copy of Hollywood Press with black and white photos that had black stars superimposed over the most sensitive areas in those grainy pictures. Now kids can just go online and see the whole thing in moving color. Where's the fun in that?
I had the advantage of raising my children for the first half of their lives without internet, video games and cell phones...since the technology was new and not prevalent...So I had the ability to have my kids be kids and have play dates and play sports and go to school without a lot of the distractions that technology provides.
As a result my children are not obsessed with technology and use it appropriately and efficiently.
Technology has made life more difficult for parents to raise their children the way they would like.
justfne79@aol.com
I would want the perfect world to be a combination of 50% computer/technology and 50% of my kids being creative like we were when we were kids. Now a days kids do not know how to get creative when it comes to play time. Computer games are great for learning, but not the answer for keeping the kids distracted when we don't have time for them. Yesterday was the perfect day to play outside and we did. My husband even came along. He chipped balls, my son rode his bike and I had fun watching them. Beats being at home watching them watch tv or being on the computer working
We in fact did bring up our kids in the internet/computer/x-box world, but with major differences so that it felt more like the pre-internet days. We cut off the TV when they were young. So they grew up playing dress-up, dancing, drawing, making up games, reading, conversing. We did watch movies together, but the TV and computer was never used as the babysitter or time filler. Now that they are in their late teens, our kids certainly are tech savvy, but they are much more people focused and prefer face to face contact with their friends and family vs. email, texting or cell phones.
Someday when I have kids of my own, I will definitely appreciate the ease with which technology allows us to share music. There are so many songs and artists that I want my kids to grow up listening to- in addition to the inevitable kid pop and what not- and having an ipod or other digital sharing device will make it so much easier.
Well since I raised my children in the Pre computer/X-Box/Internet era I would have to vote for "pre". However, after reading poster Jonathan's comment, I now have some doubts. (LOL) Seriously, kids used their imagination both indoors and out so much more without the props the computer/X-Box/Internet provides.
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