Technology buzz!

The words punched my eyes as i read the article "Lily has an iPod Touch, a portable DVD player and her own laptop," and guess what she is only 8! I am 14 and i just wish i had all of those stuffs. It is something to be jealous for, but it is also something to consider. What type of parents will afford their second-grader daughter all these things? Those who are wealthy, literate and occupied with screens and buttons. Maybe because they are burying themselves in technology, they give their daughter these devices to entertain her when they are not around. Maybe they want her to keep up with modern technology so she can ace at it later on. What person will Lily be when she grows up? Like her parents, probably, or even worse. Sticking her eyes to the screens prevents her from improving face-to-face communication and playing cooperatively with other kids. Moreover, she is just 8 and she knows how to use all these devices for videos, music and games. What other things she will know at the age of 14? What videos she watches? What music she listens to? What games she plays? The Internet is broad and if not censored, Lily can easily get spoiled.

The other thing i found intriguing from the article is that technology has become part of Mr. Campbell. He works with it, earns money from it, sleeps with it, goes on vacation with it. Even their daughter Lily can see that he is spending more time with his devices than with his family. Mr. Campbell has trouble logging off and goes grumpy without his devices. Even Mrs. Campbell says technology is part of the fabric of who he is. In my opinion, Mrs. Campbell could help him to cut off the amount of e-time he spends and helps him to be less dependent on technology but she chose to get along with it merging into her beloved husband.