Opinions on this Facebook Post....

David_Aston

Very wise, ok, so, they are, or their?

Doody

Criticising people's posts is surely moving away from the point of the discussion which is well worth having.

This generation of parents, like all generations of parents, have issues to cope with that are different to others. The advance of technology means there is not a tradition of wisdom about this that they can call on. They can call on knowledge that it is good to be hands on and involved with our children, whatever technology is available.

We do need to accept that there are both good and bad potential in the gardgets our children have access to and certainly not reject the technology out of hand. Having said that we need to set good examples in being present with the people we are with, not being distracted by what we have in our hands.

Having said that, I was brought up to understand that reading at the table was very rude and there were some occasions were it was allowed as a special. I used to sneak a book under the table sometimes, That's just the same as playing with a phone, from the social interaction point of view.

Now, reading is being held up as a lost habit. People now have access to information from a much wider source. There was a lot of drivel available in printed form, as there is much drivel on youtube. We all need to be able to be critical of what information is coming in and to judge it for validity. This is a skill needed for all generations and if the newest parents can impart this to their children, good for them. From past experience, I'm expecting this to be a skill to get passed by. As in previous generations.

hazyjo

It's just another pretend conversation to be filed in the drawer of things that didn't happen!

Some things were better way back when. Other things have vastly improved. Don't know anyone who says differently.

Silvertabby

“ My son (38) had (still has) trouble writing. He could, however, from quite a young age, touch type at a rate of knots. He is much better on a keyboard than physically writing, when you can see him having to 'gear himself up' to put pen to paper and then make indecipherable writing.

I agree too that it helped his spelling.

So yes, technology used responsibly can be beneficial.
Originally posted by seven-day-weekend

During my last year of school (1970) we girls did typing whereas the boys did woodwork. One of the boys in my class asked if he could learn to type, as he wanted to be a newspaper reporter. Our teacher just laughed out loud and asked the boy if he was a 'big pouf' - as typing was 'only for girls'.

kangoora

I've got an easy way out of it.

Don't read or use facebook, twitter, instagram, whatsapp etc and you can completely ignore all the mind numbing drivel that dominates 95%+ of those apps.

I have absolutely zero interest in what they had for breakfast, what opinions any random stranger I will never meet has, how cute their dog/cat/puppy/baby is and am not at all interested in what movie/dining out/holiday experience you had unless you are a close enough friend to actually talk to me about it.

I've been using the internet since it first existed for public use (started on Pipex dial in the early 90's) and wouldn't be without it now (Wikipedia is bookmarked on my toolbar) - but can easily do without the social meeja.........

ska_lover

It is a case of ''things were better in my day'' without an inkling of understanding of the world we now live in and challenges now faced..just judgement


The world has changed beyond belief in the last 40 years, and some pple are not capable of moving with it


Some things the elderly commenter would likely not have had to deal with in her time:-


The internet
Computer game addiction
Cyber bullying
Mass homelessness
How hard it is to even get a roof over your head
Mass immigration
Monetary requests for wedding gifts
Knife carrying
Mass unemployment
The expectation on women to work full time/cook clean, have hobbies and look amazing at all times
Plastic destroying the oceans
School lunch box police

happyandcontented

ska_lover wrote: »

It is a case of ''things were better in my day'' without an inkling of understanding of the world we now live in and challenges now faced..just judgement


The world has changed beyond belief in the last 40 years, and some pple are not capable of moving with it


Some things the author would likely not have had to deal with in her time:-


The internet
Computer game addiction
Cyber bullying
Mass homelessness
How hard it is to even get a roof over your head
Mass immigration
Monetary requests for wedding gifts
Knife carrying
Mass unemployment
The expectation on women to work full time/cook clean, have hobbies and look amazing at all times
Plastic destroying the oceans
School lunch box police

The author is a young working mum who is probably dealing with all those things.

I assume you mean the elderly lady the author supposedly spoke to at the wedding?

ska_lover

happyandcontented wrote: »

The author is a young working mum who is probably dealing with all those things.

I assume you mean the elderly lady the author supposedly spoke to at the wedding?

Yes that's right - Ill edit the post