I’m going to date myself but the children and young adults of today have it better and worse then I had in my days. Of course technology has added many more conveniences but has made their lives so much easier or more busy with aspects we never considered when we were young. Here are a few (below) other improvements and drawbacks of being a child today vs yesteryear.
IMPROVEMENTS
1. Bullying – Schools are much more prone to crack down on bullying where as in the past it was just part of growing up.
2. Options- There are so many more options with entertainment then we ever could dream of in the pasts.
3. Openness- Children feel more free to express their emotions with family members then they did in the past without the formalities.
DRAWBACKS
1. Social Media Competitiveness- We might have had to compete on who has more friends but never to the extent of actually counting them in front of the world.
2. Inside- The child of today is drawn more to the world inside their house then the beauty of what they see and feel outside.
3. Free Time- There is much more pressure to have your child active 24/7 and therefore time for creative down time is drifting away.