Techno kids hang up on the real world

Techno kids hang up on the real world - 11/02/05

Across America, a symphony of unanswered house phones reminds us that there has been a sea change within families. More than half of all teens now conduct their lives on their own cell phones, or in a zillion online “instant” conversations parents never see, according to studies by MindShare Online Research and Consumer Electronics Association.

Children today have been labeled “the connected generation,” with iPods in their ears, text messages at their fingertips and laptop screens at eye level.

But their technology-focused lifestyle can leave them disconnected from the wider world, especially from their parents.

For all the good these technolgies bring there are some serious problems when digital stakeholders replace traditional stakeholders. We have already posted a CNN article which addressed declining social skills. Can it get worse?

2 November, 2005 |

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