The world has changed: more inventions, more technology, more knowledge, etc. However, are today's children better able to cope with today's life/world compared to the children from 10, 20, 30, etc. years ago?
That above is the main question, but some questions to think about when you answer me are: Are today's children more spoiled? Are they better able to fend for themselves? Are they lazier with so much technology? Are they smarter because of technology?
In general, are today's children better able to cope with today's life/world?
I think kids are more spoiled, less independent and unable to cope for themselves they are more lazy and I think they are smart in some new areas but falling way behind in others.
I think that technology has made them more lazy but the biggest problem I see is that parents give in to much to their kids and they do not allow them to fail or make bad decisions because they are overprotective.
In general, are today's children better able to cope with today's life/world?
I don't think they will be able to be ready to cope and live in today's world, because of all the technology, We have TO much technology, which does increase laziness, and obesiety. It can help them gain mroe knowledge, but what teen would use technology for that? To be honest, I really don't use technology to help me gian knowledge, unless I stumble upon it myself, hehe, but that's just me. This is my answer.
i think it's a lot harder to grow up in today's world.. there's a lot more pressure on these kids nowadays than when I was growing up
technology wise.. i think that makes life a little easier for all of us
JES.. Def
Children today muture much faster than previous generations.
Prev gen people dit have kids (on average) much younger than today but they dit not have the resposibilities that poeple at a young age have today
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,(WAR,FAMINE)DO YOU KNOW HOW TO HUNT?FORAGE,FISH,GROW FOOD? CAN YOU LIVE OFF THE LAND?DO YOU KNOW HOW TO COVER YOUR TRACKS? CAN YOU FOLLOW SOMEONE ELSE?DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PURIFY WATER?TECH. IS GREAT TO PLAY WITH BUT YOU CAN'T EAT IT.
Children are much more savvy to inventions and technogy than we were, because so much is happening so fast. Thus, they relate to new SDRAM or DDR RAM as you did to a %26quot;Shoop Shoop%26quot; Hula Hoop, except that was the last version of the hula hoop and in took seven years to manifest itself. Today, I-net ping times and I-net content are manifestly increased in just seven months rather than 7 years. The difference is, you can still own a 1970's hula hoop, but do you still own a version of %26quot;Cave%26quot; that was written before MSDOS?
I think that %26quot;today's kids%26quot; are coping with %26quot;today's issues%26quot; much in the same way that %26quot;yesterday's kids%26quot; coped with %26quot;yesterday's issues%26quot;. They are no more %26quot;capable%26quot; or %26quot;smarter%26quot; or whatever than kids were 20 years ago. Each generation has it's own sets of %26quot;real problems%26quot;, technological breakthroughs, social issues, etc. to deal with. I don't believe that kids today are really %26quot;more spoiled%26quot; than kids from any older generation. (It's funny though, that adults from every generation are always %26quot;quite certain%26quot; that %26quot;when they were young%26quot; kids %26quot;respected their elders more%26quot;, %26quot;worked harder%26quot;, %26quot;got by with less%26quot;, and so forth!) Oh yeah- and did I forget to mention %26quot;politicians were more honest%26quot;, and the %26quot;walk to school%26quot; was far longer, the weather was far more %26quot;stormy%26quot;, and people lacked %26quot;warm shoes%26quot; as they plodded barefoot to school- up hill? Ha! One could argue that the technology that exists today has opened up a world that didn't exist really, before now. That may be true. But if you think about it, the %26quot;world%26quot; that existed say, %26quot;before computers%26quot; and such, was definitely %26quot;different%26quot; from today, and yet it presented a %26quot;world%26quot; that was just as difficult in it's own ways for young people to live in, and deal with. Things may change. They always do, and always will. But the inner-workings of people, their ambitions, desires, drives, well- they seem to remain the same. And so do our %26quot;inner tools%26quot; for dealing with the issues of the day.
