Technology's Great and It Sucks- Did I Just Write Suck?!!

I just realized I have been blogging for almost 3 years! That makes me kind of tech-saavy and cool, no? Actually no, not really. I did it originally not because I love new technology but because I was asked to and I kind of like to write. My Mother will tell you I don't like to write, like letters or cards, but I like to type and so I like to blog. I am also good with email, I text here and there, and I don't remember life much before the Internet. How did I EVER cook anything or go on vacation or get anywhere without the Internet? I also enjoy a good session of Wii Fit. Mostly because I love seeing what the Mii's we've created are doing in each game.

But I am not a huge fan of ALL things technology. I don't need the latest gadgets to make my life complete and run smoothly. I have an ipod, but it's not a new one- its the 4th generation? Or the 2nd? I don't know which one for sure. It's purple and plays music while I work out. We have a cheap but workable laptop at home that is *gasp* wireless...but that progress happened in our house only in the past 6 months and I still feel wonder every time I unplug it from the charger/cord thing and take it with me to the bathroom. Yes I do that. My husband won a Kindle in an online giveaway and when it came via UPS I had to look up on the Internet to see what a Kindle even was. We use it here and there but I still like real books a lot more.

I have a cell phone but I don't take it everywhere and I don't check it constantly. I might have when I first got one 10 years ago, but not anymore. It is more of an annoyance than anything. If I forget it at home I feel somehow more free. Our kids don't have cell phones. Not even the teenagers. I know, criminal. But no one is going to convince me that kids NEED cell phones. All of us over 25 survived our childhoods without cell phones, and not only did we survive, I think we were better off. Seeing little kids playing hide and seek or swinging on a swing while texting (I've seen both) is so sad. Watching teens (and younger) looking at their phones 90% of the time instead of actually looking at and communicating with the people actually there with them, is also sad. My husband and I (and thank goodness my ex-husband too) want our kids to have something different. Real conversations, the ability to communicate without just rotflmao. Same goes for the adults- we aren't on our phones all the time, ignoring our kids or their activities while we text, talk, check email, and whatever else people do that I don't really care to know about.

So technology has its place and makes life easier, but I think it can go too far and in some cases, it has- especially with the effect on our kids- and that sucks.