Technology taking over

[Ellieboolou33]

I know it seems like double standards as I'm using tech now to communicate, but I feel increasingly concerned about how our communication as a society is changing through technology. Sat in a pizza place today with my 2 girls (both under 10), everyone in there eating had phones out, not taking.

Homework is all online now and the only way to communicate with a teacher is online.

I am finding that when socialising with friends at some point the phones come out and not just to take a picture. Even watching a film with my husband he scrolls through his phone.

Is it just me? Are we turning into technology zombies and losing the art of conversation and seeing with our eyes.

I really worry about the future for my children, we seem to be losing the art of conversation as commutation.

It’s revolutionised my Gran’s life. She’s still choosing to shield so almost never leaves her home. In nearly two years she’s left a handful of times, primarily for medical appointments and she is ridiculously anxious about covid. She bought an iPad during the first lockdown having never even owned a computer before and it’s turned her life around. Now I can email her lots with photos of the DC which she loves, we FaceTime sometimes and she watches synagogue services on it every week too.

It isn’t all bad. I understand your concerns, nobody wants a black mirror style society.

In our house we play board games and computer games and read books and listen to audio plays and books and watch TV and YouTube and cook and craft and sew - so it really isn't one thing or another.
Completely agree. But I don't want society to be so dependent on it that nothing works in a long power cut ( for example)

Life evolves, before too long we will be living a lot more of our lives virtually.

Do you seriously think that is a good thing? Sounds like hell to me.

Recently I went to a cafe and saw a couple of teen girls sitting together, glued to their phones, they barely spoke a word the whole time I was there, and that wasn't a one-off, I see it all the time. The next day I went to a park, and saw three teen girls walking, chatting, laughing together, they even climbed a tree. Doubtless they had phones, but they were not to be seen. That is what teens should be doing, having fun, talking about fashion, boys etc. not scrolling through their phones not speaking to each other. I'm sorry, but I actuall feel sorry for those of you who think that is how you should live your lives. Those of you who are too young to have experienced youth a few decades ago have no idea what fun it was without smartphones and social media.

Fairyliz

It makes me sad when I see parents of young children glued to their phones instead of interacting with their children. They can’t all be urgent messages.
I used to work at a primary school and it was heartbreaking when the children were released from the classroom and ran to parents staring at their phones.“

Agree. Often see little ones in buggies on buses pushed into the buggy space facing the wall while parent stares at phone, too.
Used to love bus trips with our little ones, looking out of the window and pointing things out.
It must be so mind-numbing for them, staring at a blank wall.