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The effect of technology on relationships
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When I was growing up I wanted for nothing. I can’t remember ever not getting something I wanted after asking. If there was a gift-giving holiday coming up and I asked for a specific present my parents almost always made my current dreams come true. I wasn’t until I was around twelve that there was a specific something that I wanted that I had to wait for, to earn. I wanted my first cell phone more than anything I’d ever asked for before, and the waiting process, to this day, is still vivid. At the time it seemed prolonged and painful. Although now I realize that I wasn’t made to wait much longer than a few months, it seemed like I’d been begging for years before I finally got my wish. The first time I asked for a cell phone, my mother looked at me like I was speaking Gibberish from a third head. She didn’t need to tell me no, her look had already given me my answer. However, I still received a slew of reasons why it was unnecessary along with all the reasons why I was too young and too irresponsible. Needless to say I was disappointed but I continued to beg for weeks. It may have been the “nag factor” that we learned about in the documentary on Consuming Kids that broke my parents down because I was undoubtedly relentless for weeks (Consuming Kids). Or it may have been the fact that they realized that this was not something I was going to give up on, either way they finally told me that I could get a cell phone when I turned thirteen Although I was thrilled to know that I was not going to be without a phone forever, the months leading up my birthday were agonizing. I watched as each of my friends got new cell phones for either Easter or their birthdays. And I watched ad after ad on TV telling me just how many new cell phon... ... middle of paper ... ...she did at the time, I think she’s very glad to have the instant Biagiotti 4 communication ability now that I am away at school. That first cell phone and every new upgrade since has become my best friend. I loved each of them pathetically and there are still qualities about each that I miss. But waiting for that first phone was an experience I’ll never forget, and one that will make me appreciate every new phone that will follow. Work Cited Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood. Dir. Adriana Barbaro and Jeremy Eearp. Media Education Foundation, 2008. DVD. Masden, Rachel. “Technology and the New ‘Me’ Generation.” The Wall Street Journal. 30 Dec. 2009. Web. 9 February 2011. Pugh, Allison J. Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture. Berkley: University of California Press, 2009.
The generation of over used technology and over worked parents who work forty to fifty hours a week to provide for their family. While providing they are responsible for paying the utility bill and other important bills which include the cell phone and internet bill. Since parents are working so much they need to provide a phone for their children to keep in touch with them to see where they go every other hour. At the age of thirteen or younger children have cell phones already equip with internet access and many more options. Here they are capable of taking, sending and receiving photos, location and personal information.
One time, when I was around five, it was night time and I had a school project to turn in the next day, I approached my mother and told her that I needed help with my project. Of course I told her that I had to turn in the project the next day, and she proceeded to scold me for waiting until the last minute to do my work, but never the less she accepted to help me. If I had asked for help when I was five, I must have asked for help later in my life, because I’m sure I’ve needed help many times, and not only from my mother but from friends, teachers, peers, strangers, and family.
Albeit I am grateful for the opportunity to obtain the good things in life at the mere age of 11, it became clear what my greatest weakness was: the ability to receive whatever I fancied without any type of reimbursement. I started to follow my dad around, pestering him with questions due to my intense desire to be needed. Left alone in the house while my parents worked each day to be able to afford the things I wanted made me f...
I grew up having more than the average kid. My parents bought me nice clothes, stereos, Nintendo games, mostly everything I needed and wanted. They supported me in everything I did. At that point in my life I was very involved with figure skating. I never cared how much of our money it took, or how much of my parents' time it occupied, all I thought about was the shiny new ice skates and frilly outfits I wanted. Along with my involvement in soccer, the two sports took most of my parents' time, and a good portion of their money. Growing up with such luxuries I began to take things for granted. I expected things, rather than being thankful for what I had and disregarded my parent's wishes, thinking only of myself. Apparently my parents recognized my behavior and began limiting my privileges. When I didn't get what I wanted I got upset and mad at my parents somehow blaming them for all my problems. Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't a bad kid, I just didn't know how else to act. I had never been exposed to anything less than what I had and didn't realize how good I had it.
Even though I knew the reasons why my parents disagreed with what I asked them, I was still disappointed. My parents were very strict, so I knew it would be hard for a middle school student like me to own an Ipod Touch. My parents did not want me to neglect my studies, so they allowed me to play with a computer for only three hours on the weekend. During my free time on weekdays, I could read books, watch television, and do anything except that I could play games on computers or phones. At that time, technology was not as popular as in the present. Playing a computer for three hours was totally enough for me. However, I was still envied with my friend about his Ipod Touch. I realized that even though my parents were hard to convince, I did not want to give up my hope that they would buy me an Ipod Touch one
It was not hard on me on it more or so that they believed it was. For my mother, she gave fun, excitement and dreams. My Father gave me worry, worry I wouldn’t be able to succeed under her roof. Worry that I would not live the life he planned for me. So in return he got me every other weekend filled to the brim with books and requirements. If we went to a museum it educational museum, if we went the park I had to reach a certain height to be able to get off the swing. But I loved it, became the time I spent with him learning Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion, or reading one flew over the cuckoo’s nest and giving him a report at the end. It was the time I was able to spend with
Many parents feel the pressure to provide above and beyond the basic needs of their families. Society puts pressure on parents to provide beautiful homes, regular holidays, and the latest phones and gadgets for their children. Making them feel that if they don’t they are somehow failing as a parent. Young children do not really care about ‘things’, but would much rather have your time, not money. In the long-term, it is far more beneficial for families if the mother can stay home as a full-time
As I grew up throughout my childhood I accepted the word “no” from my parents with blatant frustration. I grew up in a well off home and never had to worry about where I will spend the night or if I will be able to eat that night, I used to never be as thankful as I should have for those reasons. Thoughts constantly ran rampant through my head of, “Mommy and daddy have so much money why can’t I have this!” I never grasped the fact of if my parents could provide me with a certain luxury that I did not need but wanted, why they did not. As a child I saw all the kids around me with many luxuries I desired but could not have as my parents refused, although I was completely unaware of their own financial status as a kid I could only look at everyone
Many of us see cell phones pessimistically, but really haven’t looked at them optimistically. We all know that "with every good, comes a bad, and with responsibility, comes consequences".
The only ones who truly knows your stories are the ones who help you write it. Parents are like angels sent straight from heaven to guide us throughout our lives. Some kids don’t see the sacrifices made by our parents to make us grow as a person. Many kids just ask for stuff and never see the worth of things. Before my adult life began life was easy because I didn’t have to wake up early, I thought money was easy, and the worth of things were not in my head.
children I will have. Well, as we all learn very quickly, life happens and although you never lose your
Most children seem to have ideas of what they would like to be when they grow up. The average person walking into any kindergarten class today would find future teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, astronauts, firefighters, and ballerinas; the list is endless. I never had the chance to even dream about what I wanted to be when I grew up and was given little chance to develop my own tastes and ideas towards this goal. I spent my childhood trying to be the good example to my younger brother and sister that my father demanded in his letters. All the while I was hoping and praying that my mother and father would get back together. The only thing I knew was being a mom and that is what I thought I wanted to be.
children with the hopes that they can influence their parents choices when it comes to buying a
The one thing that stands out the most in my memories from childhood is that I never wanted for material things. My parents divorced when I was ten. Mom remarried shortly after to a prominent Doctor in the community and life was forever changed from that time on. I was often referred to as being spoiled because I had things that my friends did not. The ironic part is that looking back at the situation I did not feel spoiled. In fact, I felt quite the opposite. I longed for what my friends appeared to have; time with their parents. I may have not wanted for material possessions but I did long for the family interaction that everyone else seemed to have. It was not uncommon for my mom to hand me a few hundred dollars on her way out the door with my step-father for a vacation. My friends all thought this great. All I could think about was how much I would have given it all away to have just one family vacation. My first realization came from this and that is the coined phrase “money can not buy love.”
In addition, the biggest challenge of parenting was trying to keep up with the latest trends that were going on for children and being able to afford them. My mom said that never wanted to disappointment me as a child so she made sure I always had the newest toys and clothes, but it did start to become a pricey trend. There were times when my mom said that she would have to explain to me that it was not about having all the newest and nicest materials to be happy and accepted among my peers. This was challenging for my parents because when they were growing up there was not many material things that every child needed. My mom also said they did try their best to show me that in life I was not always just going to be handed things, so they made me earn my new materials.