? like me at times you may feel comfortable to be away from ?

 Wednesday 24 April 2024

 In his recent book The Anxious Generation, psychologist Jonathan Haidt refers to this digital revolution as “the Great Rewiring of Childhood”. Childhood is no longer “play-based”, but “phone-based”, and smartphones are “experience blockers”. Consider how many enriching activities, he asks, are replaced for young people by spending hours online, substituting richness of real-life friendships with shallow and often dangerous online communication.

Such a weight carrying paragraph , from clearly expert in the field of childhood development. More on his thoughts in Todays Church Times.

Never really thought of this like a deconstructing but like `remade into this digital being`. . that pre-programme children before they enter the most formative years. Digest this further recognise the harm. 

There are lots of inferred values,(All around us), could argue us blogging via this medium is one such way. Films and influence is another, Music, lyrics, whole scene of concerts, festivals, gatherings, Church wayside pulpits. Advertisement on the bus that passed you earlier.

TV channels 57 or more and nothing on.

what makes social media such a damage is it can take place unmeasured and alone. 

Young people feel they are connected, are communicating, in a group setting. They can be. Witnessed Nephews playing games walking around homes headphones on...TALKING. But often many are completely alone.

A girl boarded our rural bus, she sat across two seats reading her phone obsoleted in her comfort blanket, occasional vaping, on a child ticket. She was totally unaware of anyone or anything else going on. Even when asked not to smoke. shrugged this off.

Point is she is Isolated. No access to her thinking, her discussion, her interaction, her issues, concerns, her world. 

Her spirit already cut off, Boxed off, bought sold, owned by iPad culture.

PERHAPS like me at times you may feel ,How comfortable to be away from news, relationships, LIFE ,others. Dodge the `news's issues `. But its not growth, not development, not real life.