Social Development

In the article I read about Social Development of Children I was shocked to read about some of the facts and statistics that they were stating.  The article talked about how kids who are always on facebook and texting are starting to really lack social skills because they aren't used to face to face contact. These kids find it easier to just talk online because if they were face to face with another person its harder to come up with things to say and they aren't really used to socializing.  The article also said that teenagers send on average 2,000 text messages per month.  If you really think about it, that is so many messages being sent and thats only the average.  Individual teenagers probably send about 6,000 text messages a month. I personally am starting to realize how many texts I probably send in a month and it is alot.  We dont notice or think its a big deal because it so common to be texting all the time.  But in reality its going to have a negative effect on us because we can barely socialize with people because we are so used to not talking in person!  Studies have really shown that our generation is dependent on these technologies and even if we tried to stop it would probably be harder then we thought.

Introduction to Childhood Socialization: Technology

Hello everyone my name is Kerry and my topic is Childhood Socialization: Technology.  What I will mainly be focusing on in my topic is how technology is affecting children as they grow older, and how technology has really molded our society into a place where everything has to be done quick and right this second.  With all of this new technology kids are starting to really lack social skills, writing skills, and even patience. Technology is something that kids and even adults are becoming attached to.  Sometimes technology can be good for a growing child and other times it really is not.