Social Media

:iagree: I agree Ozarkgal, and it's a shame about that girl, there are far too many like her out there...dim hope for our future when they become adults. :( All I see walking the streets are teenagers with earbuds in their ears, while texting on their phones too. Seems like they have to have some outside, unnatural source of amusements every minute of the day.

Will they ever get to know themselves and their own thoughts? Will they ever walk through a park or the woods and listen to the sweet sounds of nature, like songbirds singing, me thinks not...waste of life, IMO. Too many parents using these devices as babysitters when the child is just a toddler, used to be the TV was the worst culprit in child-rearing...not anymore.:rolleyes:
 

That does bring up an important child development issue. If most children only deal with other kids at school (which can be an almost "prison" like atmosphere) will they be stunted socially? Especially if an only child with no kids nearby. That is one aspect of religion that often goes unmentioned, the social interaction with families that you know and trust. We did that with our two daughters and we all are still in touch with some of these families. FB is the easiest way since you can find people through estabished friends.

What I do not like about FB is the direction it is going with targeted ads. I give Zuck as little info as I can an only login about twice a week.
 
I have to agree that social media is affecting the way our young people communicate. Look at Manti Te'o'. I have to ask how could any college student who is internet savvy not know that a so called 2 year relationship with someone online is not real. I have my won suspicions about his story but I sure am not buying the one he tells.
I do have a number of friends that I have met online and carried on conversations, shared pictures and emails but I do realize that we have not met in person.
Our young people consider these online relationships real and speak of "Going with" each other, being "engaged" to each other. I find this very strange I guess this could be a blessing as many parents have stopped parenting and the kids are on their own. Less worry with teen pregnancy's.
Their heads are in the technology not in the real world.
 

^^^^we are closer to "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans than any of us ever might have imagined.

I always thought that song was written to some really good drugs:playful: While, I'm sure it was, there had to have been some "Nostradamus" moments of ------ well --- the type of brain power it takes to see futuristic possibilities:satellite:
 
Many school districts are ending the instruction of "handwriting" or cursive. There is a push to the "Common Core" national standards which do not include cursive instruction.

Many, like me, think there is an advantage in children learning the control, hand/eye coordination, and focus that practicing cursive requires. Besides, how will anyone be able to sign their names in the future? Maybe that is the real underlying reason is to move us to fingerprint/NA signatures.

Who knows?
 
Some people have beautiful writing styles, calligraphy was a hobby of mine years ago but I guess technology has just about put an end to handwriting now, at least we haven't got to the point (yet) of using H8.. Ur..... L8r etc in forum posts. :hypnotysed:
 
I started out on message boards back in the 80s. Then moved to chat rooms. Then mIRC. Then Facebook. Stayed on Facebook off and on for years. I closed it out last year I think because I was sick of being ignored or having crappy comments said to me. I now have an alias acct I visit once or twice a day. I have no friends on it or any way for people to post on my page and yet I have 4 followers. LOL! I look at quotes and various other articles and things. I have a few humor pages too. But visiting is more than enough. I'd rather be here with you all. Even if some of you don't like me. :p
 
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