Parenting Styles

           There is no denying that my childhood is vastly different for the childhood of my parents. We are coming from a time where physical punishment was a good way to discipline children. Today, it is likely if a parent were to correct a child physically, the child would call the police on the parents. Children today also have a lot more luxuries compared to the children fifty years ago. Children today have TV's, ipods, cell phones, and computers. Do you think this freedom is causing a dramatic change in the behavior of children?
           This was the class discussion topic on Thursday. I thought the group who led the discussion did a very good job incorporating the entire class into a discussion. The games that they had us play were creative and informative. The class as a whole did believe that new technologies and freedom is leading to a change in child behaviors.

           I think children today have too much freedom. Children as a whole have less respect for authority and they take a lot for granted. Children five and six years old have their own cell phones. This I just do not understand. How many five year olds do you know that need to make an important call? Children today expect too much, and consequently they do not have an understanding for working for something. If every child gets an Ipod when he or she is seven, what is the motivation for the child to work for it? I think that technology is great but when I have children of my own I will not be spoiling my child with the technologies. They will have to earn their privileges. There is no reason young children each need there own laptop. When did you first get your laptop? Did you need a laptop when you were six?