I agree - in some parts. Some children seem to have forgotten how to play without having tech support for their games. BTW, I owned a little red plastic telephone when I was little, too, but I did not turn it into a robot. *grin* I don't like all those baby computers, technical toys and stuff, but I think that, if I'd have a child, I'd give him or her a mobile as soon as he/she goes to school. Not to make the child able to phone all over the world, not to control him, but to make him able to call for help if necessary. I think this is necessary. It's a pity, but it is necessary. let's face it: life IS dangerous these days. I don't want to turn children into little adults without vivid imagination and fantasies and games that need no more than a piece of wood and a puddle of water. But I want children to be safe. And maybe having a mobile to call parents/siblings/reltives in a difficult situation can make a child's life a bit more safe. So I won't blame the mobile. I blame those parents who give their children things, expensive things, expensive toys, instead of time and love.
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Date: 2008-09-16 08:54 am (UTC)Some children seem to have forgotten how to play without having tech support for their games.
BTW, I owned a little red plastic telephone when I was little, too, but I did not turn it into a robot. *grin*
I don't like all those baby computers, technical toys and stuff, but I think that, if I'd have a child, I'd give him or her a mobile as soon as he/she goes to school. Not to make the child able to phone all over the world, not to control him, but to make him able to call for help if necessary. I think this is necessary. It's a pity, but it is necessary. let's face it: life IS dangerous these days. I don't want to turn children into little adults without vivid imagination and fantasies and games that need no more than a piece of wood and a puddle of water. But I want children to be safe. And maybe having a mobile to call parents/siblings/reltives in a difficult situation can make a child's life a bit more safe.
So I won't blame the mobile. I blame those parents who give their children things, expensive things, expensive toys, instead of time and love.