The Perils of Social Networking
The Perils of Social Networking
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The Perils of Social Networking
A very good friend of mine told me a story about his daughter learning to drive. I could tell he was a bit perturbed. He began to tell me that he was excited to teach his daughter to drive and that it would be a good bonding experience. He told me about the times that were funny and the times where he was scared. Then he got a little quiet and told me that they were about four blocks from home, he told his daughter that she had done a good job, and then told her to take them home. It was what she said next that hit him in the side of the head and made him upset, not at her, but at himself. She only asked a simple question: “How do I get there?” It was then that he realized that not monitoring his daughter’s phone use had greatly hindered her ability to take in the things that are around her; the landmarks, buildings, streets, people walking and talking, mountains, parks and everything else there is to see. He knew that when she would get in the car with the family to go somewhere that she would be on her phone, but he never really paid much attention to it. It hit him the hardest when she got excited that she recognized a certain house, but nothing else up until that particular house, not by sight anyways. She mentioned that she knew about the speed bumps, but only because they would cause her to misspell things, or mess up on a game. That house was their neighbor’s house, the same house that they lived next to for the last eight years.
As with anything that you want to last and endure the test of time, it has to have a strong foundation. The foundation has to be designed solid enough to hold whatever the engineer decides to build on top of it. If the foundation fails, so does the building. As the creator designs the foundation, parents are also obligated to create a way in which their kids learn essential skills as they are molded into this world.
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Name Goes here
DeVry University
The Perils of Social Networking
A very good friend of mine told me a story about his daughter learning to drive. I could tell he was a bit perturbed. He began to tell me that he was excited to teach his daughter to drive and that it would be a good bonding experience. He told me about the times that were funny and the times where he was scared. Then he got a little quiet and told me that they were about four blocks from home, he told his daughter that she had done a good job, and then told her to take them home. It was what she said next that hit him in the side of the head and made him upset, not at her, but at himself. She only asked a simple question: “How do I get there?” It was then that he realized that not monitoring his daughter’s phone use had greatly hindered her ability to take in the things that are around her; the landmarks, buildings, streets, people walking and talking, mountains, parks and everything else there is to see. He knew that when she would get in the car with the family to go somewhere that she would be on her phone, but he never really paid much attention to it. It hit him the hardest when she got excited that she recognized a certain house, but nothing else up until that particular house, not by sight anyways. She mentioned that she knew about the speed bumps, but only because they would cause her to misspell things, or mess up on a game. That house was their neighbor’s house, the same house that they lived next to for the last eight years.
As with anything that you want to last and endure the test of time, it has to have a strong foundation. The foundation has to be designed solid enough to hold whatever the engineer decides to build on top of it. If the foundation fails, so does the building. As the creator designs the foundation, parents are also obligated to create a way in which their kids learn essential skills as they are molded into this world.
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