The I-Generation

After reading this article, I feel a sense of distaste towards the way we use technology. As a kid growing up, i always looked at technology as a way for kids who had weak social skills to interact. I know that is a completely unfair generalization, but in many cases it is the truth. I enjoyed what Healy had to say about how using technology at a young age can be more harmful than useful. When I was young, and computers first came out, many of the children that struggled with social interactions were intrigued the most by computers. Many of those children have now grown up, and have horrible posture, are overweight, and lack social skills. I honestly believe that introducing technology, such as a computer, to a child in irresponsible. These are the years where children should be developing and interacting with the world that they know, and want to understand. The should be discovering knew things daily within their own world. By secluding a child to a computer monitor, they run the risk of losing out on these very important social skills. On top of this, these children could develop bad posture, and are at risk for carpal tunnel. I really enjoyed this article because it made me aware of the dilemmas of technology for children. I feel that in this society, technology is so helpful, and so instrumental for our fast pace of living, that we encourage everyone to use it in order to be successful. The problem is that if we start children on this track too early, they will be missing out on the life lessons that will help them with their humanity.