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Originally Posted by Sieg
Vince - From an adult perspective I agree, some of the best friendships I have originated through forums and evolved from there.
My main concern is the young generations. My daughter and many (most) of her friends easily spend more than half the day with their face in the phone and taking selfies. She has a very narrow attention span for anything outside the frame of her iPhone and iTunes. Fundamental development of daily life skills are being suppressed.
Using the productivity/knowledge acquisition features of the phone doesn't happen.....yet.
Without directive she'd most likely conduct her life sitting or laying around eating and snap-chatting or instagramming selfies trying to obtain likes and it's certainly not just her.
Traditional definitions of socially active are certainly changing. The future will tell for or better or worse.
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This is exactly where I'm at with my daughter.
My main concern is the lack of physical activity, the technology is a wonderful thing but only with the right balance.
As Sieg points out, for our daughters the productive use has not yet been discovered.