Entry #5: Wall-E

   What is a plant? What is dirt? Those are the unfortunate questions we might face from our future children. I think technology is amazing and the endless possibilities that come with it but as we all know with every good thing there is always the bad that takes away from it. I remember when my mom bought the family our very first computer. It was a huge ugly box and she spent and arm and a leg for it. At the time I thought we had hit a jackpot and I felt so privileged to have a computer but looking back now with all the updates we have today, that thing was a piece of junk. It was slower than a snail. I mean who even uses dial up anymore? Now we have the need for speed.

  Technology has so many benefits. We don't even have time to name them all but a few of those are the abilities to be informed with the latest news, talk with family members anywhere in the world, have a phone on the go with us at all times and even join social networks that help us keep in touch. I rarely ever even watch TV anymore, especially the news so if I hear about something it's more than likely form the web. I am just so busy that I don't have time to sit down and watch the news. Now a days people like me are busy with school, work, and kids and we have little time to really sit down and see what's going on in todays world. The web makes that possible for us.
   Phones like the web give us a different form of communication. Instead of calling my brother, mom, or spouse I can just type up a quick text and send it to them. This way I am not disrupting what they're doing and it's a subtle way of speaking with one another. Families can Skype with each other from different parts of the world and not miss a thing. For example, my family and I Skype with my aunts and uncles in Bosnia, which I might add is pretty cool. We're able to stay close without being close in distance.
  These are all great benefits but they are many negatives as well. So many of us are dependent on technology that we've forgotten how to live without it. Really, who doesn't have a cell phone now a days? Cell phone are becoming more affordable as the months and years pass. Just the other day I took my girls to the park and I noticed a middle school student and her younger brother just taking selfies instead of playing. Really??? What kid owns an iPhone? I don't own an iPhone. I can imagine that these two have an Instagram as well. Personally, I would not be okay with my children have such social sites. I want my children to go outside and play and get dirty. Those were the most precious and best times of my childhood. No child should lose out on those experiences or miss out on those memories.
  Our children are forgetting how forever the web is and what they put out there is accessible for everyone to see. Kids are so fearless and they just want to explore but we need to limit there exposure to technology when it comes to bonding with family and friends face to face. Kids today are overweight because they rather stay instead and play games, watch TV, or be on the web. It's so important to educate our youth on what's really important, we can save their health and social skills in the log run. As we can see, even though technology can be amazing it can also be harmful.