A discussion
in one of my classes inspired me to speak my mind a bit.
There’s an
article on CNN debating on whether 11 year olds should join Facebook.
Seriously?
Are we
really going to have this conversation?
Kids under
13 years of age do not have any business being on the internet. If they want to keep in contact with their
friends, there's a telephone.
Nowadays
kids at 8 are getting Ipads, IPods, laptops, cell phones to text; it's
ridiculous. I know technology is big now
and has been for a while, but it's getting out of hand. When a 5 year old can work your Iphone better
than you can, you have a problem.
When I was
younger, I was outside playing basketball, playing catch, riding my bike,
playing hopscotch. Kids nowadays want to
sit in the house all day in front of their television, or on their DS game
system, or want to play games on their parent's phones. And, yes, I'm aware that this doesn't go for
every child, but for a majority of them it does.
It’s not of
importance for a kid to have a Facebook account. I understand how much
the world has changed since I was younger; but honestly, life isn't a
competition on who has the latest gadget. It's not a popularity contest. These are the
kind of things we should be teaching our children.
