Technology Original

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Harrington/Huntington
English 101 OL
04 March 2009
Technology or old fashion traditions? Titles are not in bold or underlined in MLA, and the first and last word are capitalized, as well as any words over 3 letters.

Technology is beginning to rob children of many possible wonderful childhood memories and family bonding moments that take place through family traditions. Technology is taking over our lives more and more every day. Between the computers, iPods, mp3 players, video games, and the television most of us no longer spend much time bonding? with our families. It seems like kids wouldrather sit in their rooms thanparticipate in a family night or family trip to the park. Remember the memories of going on a road trip or going fishing every Saturday with the men of the family; or the women of the family teaching the young girls how to cook, sew and clean (while mother passed down her little secrets on how to make the house smell perfect or the secret to make her famous apple pie). We don’t usually end a paragraph with something in parentheses. Make your thesis statement here. What are you going to prove about pop-culture and how it pushes or changes traditions?


I remember when I was young and sonic came out on saga genius. ?? I don’t know what this means. Explain what this is for the reader. I loved that game I would play it every day. However, it was not my favorite thing to do as a? past time. I loved to go outside with my friends and play games like four square, hide and seek, and make believe adventures. I also looked forward to going to Mill Creek Park with my mom or going to get ice cream just because she felt like it was a good day to do so. I was eating strawberries the other day and it reminded me of the generic homemade strawberry short cake my mom taught me to make. We used to take strawberries slice them up and then mix them with about a cup of sugar and let them sit over night. Then we would buy little round pound cake and put vanilla ice cream in them and then finally put the strawberries on top. This is a tradition that I would love to pass down to my kids some day. I can remember it like it was yesterday when she first taught me how to make them, but I cannot remember the first thing about how to play sonic. And? What connection to ? is this? How does this relate to technology? Isn’t passing down traditions like these the responsibility of a parent despite technology?


These are just some of the memories that young kids will more than likely never experience.because? The sad part is that these are the kind of memories that they would cherish for a lifetime and pass down to their children. As I cherish the memory of my moms’ strawberry short cakes. sentence fragment What is worse is the fact that the parents are letting this happen by not making the kids spend quality time as a family. For a family who has multiple children of various ages thesethis is? unfair to all the kids. meta discourse; avoid it! because the younger kids do not get to have the memories of the time they spent with their family doing certain traditions like learning to cook, sew, or fishing with their dad, and the older kids do not have that connection with the younger kids as far as family traditions. How is this generation of technology lovers supposed to pass down great family traditions and family bonding moments if they won’t come out of their rooms and leave their precious technology alone and their parents keep encouraging the behavior by not saying anything? I don’t know. . .can you answer this for the reader?

There is a passage in the article “Thoroughly Modern Dining”, because it shows the importance of family bonding for children and their families. Pillsbury stated in this passage “my older brother continually tells me that we grew up with different parents in the same house. His memories of those times vary widely from mine. It is not important whose memory might be more accurate, or whether either is accurate for that matter. The point is that every single day we did share time together that built a bond between us which lasted a lifetime of living on opposite sides of the nation and leading quite different lives.” Citation? Even though this article is talking about families going out to eat more instead of cooking at home its’ stills show us the importance of family traditions. But it doesn’t relate to technology, does it?


However, I do not think that technology is all the blame for traditions dying off slowly but surely. Here’s your anti-thesisParents seem to be ok with their kids spending more time in their rooms on the computer or listening to their iPod then them spending time with them. Why? How do you know this? Technology is also making parents lazy. They use technology as a quick fix to get the kids out of their hair. For example, many mothers tend to pop in a video when their child starts to cry or get too active for their liking. Many parents also rely on technology to teach their children things like colors or numbers and even animals. Just look at the so called “smart toys” for kids. Parents will by a toy in a heartbeat if it says it will teach their kids to read or learn their colors. Whatever happened to taking an hour or two out of the day to teach a child their colors and numbers? This tradition that not only gives a child a head start on some of the things needed to succeed in early education but it also provides perfect family bonding time. This would have been a great thesis and focus for your paper! many kids from this generation will not even be able to imagine their parents doing such a thing with them. technology is a great help but just like anything else too much can be a harmful thing and we need a good balance of technology and old fashion ways. Parents need to remember what it was like to have family traditions and family bonding time. By doing so they, are giving their children the same great experiences that they had and now cherish. Isn’t that what parenting is about, giving a child the best childhood possible filled with good memories and protecting and teaching them at the same time?