Thesis: Modern Culture Ruining Childhood

Modern Culture Ruining Childhood Thesis: Modern culture promotes a negative outcome on children’s morals.
Technology and social media contribute to a major reason for the modern culture ruining childhood. Childhood used to be imagination, playing games outside, enjoying time with friends, or experiencing life outside of a screen. Now, a child feels less privileged or left out without the availability of technology. Stated by Her Campus, more children have FOMO, the fear of missing out, than ever before because of the exposure to other’s “fun”(A). The way technology has overcome the lives of so many is disheartening, especially for future generations. Technology allows children access to almost anything, educational or inappropriate. Although technology has an abundance of good built into it, there are always going to be abusers of the positive.

The modern-day parents expect their young children to be advanced in every aspect of life, learning instead of playing like kids used to(G). Helicopter parents stress about trying to be the best parent, instead of enjoying the moments spent with their children(G). The child has lost what it means to be a child while living in their parent’s “ideal” state for them. When parents hold their children back from experiencing life, the childhood aspect becomes non-existent. Although this ‘helicopter parenting’ comes from love, it does prevent children from being involved in different activities.(A) Pat Morrison described helicopter parenting by saying, “When children experience a setback--they don’t know their homework assignment--that’s not your problem to solve....Where your child is in a situation potentially damaging to life and limb, of course you’re going to protect them. The trouble is we’re acting like everything is life or