Electronics and Society

     People have forgotten what a conversation consists of. With all the technology, blogging, texting, online video games, children have lost their sense of imagination. There is no need to go outside and play when you can sit inside and play video games all day. What happened to the times when children played with mud pies? Somehow, it's unsafe to eat mudpies these days. Although, children were doing it for years and everything was alright then.
     A sense of self comes from physical interaction amongst others. What becomes of these children if all the electronics are taken away; do they even know how to communicate otherwise? A thing I have started to do is interact with my daughter everyday, without the use of technology. We use good old fashion conversation, no laptops, cell phones, tablets...etc. I try to plan something fun or something that doesn't sound fun and make it interesting. One time we just drove around and looked at the nearby neighborhoods, getting lost and finding out how to navigate our way out turned out to be fun.She now looks forward to these days.
     I realized that something had to be done when we were sitting at home one day and my daughter asked what are we going to do today as she sit with her phone in her lap, playing video games. I got concerned and  angry. Children need to understand that writing love letters, like I use to do in high school has more meaning than a text. It's something you can look back at and see, years later. Actual interaction is more personal and rememberable than all the electronic devices. What future does society have. Before long there will be no more libraries for people who want to read a book because now everything is downloaded onto a Kindle. This is a sad truth.