My Love/Hate relationship with Technology

  It's amazing how far technology has come and changed the world. Cell phones, CDs, DVDs, blueray players, Internet, iPods, I pads, video game systems, medical technology and tons more.  It's crazy to think of a time where we didn't have cell phones and people couldn't reach us 24/7 like we do now. Yet we all somehow survived.

  My kids are never going to know what a pay phone is,or possibly a CD player. when they're older everything will probably be voice command and won't even need to touch buttons! We have everything we could possibly want as far as technology goes. People can hit search and find every question answered, find an address, go into a virtual reality for a bit, play music without putting in anything, it's crazy! Another thing near and dear to my heart literally and figuratively is medical technology.

   

   As I have mentioned many times before my son at 8 days old turned lifeless. After being flown to Primary Children's hospital by life flight. It was amazing to see what they were able to do/see through ultra sound, or what the machines they used to help him breathe and basically keep him alive, can do. When it came time for his two heart surgeries they are able to have a machine pump his organs so his heart could rest while they fixed it.  I can definitely say without the medical technology we have, my son would NOT be here! Even in the years to come when he will go on to his next surgery technologies and procedures will have advanced. More options will be given in just a few years passed. 

  In those instances I love technology! I love that we can answer every question we want, or escape into a reality, or call or even video chat people with in a moment! It's greAt! 

  With these technologies however  have come lots of harm, as we all know, fraud, hacking, pornography, and addiction to video games, facebook, news media infiltrating are homes not just through the tv, and taking away the "socialness" of people.  

  Now instead of phone calls we get texts, or emails that  replace letters in the mail. Internet replaces encyclopedias. The list goes on and on! Are these good things?Yes, it can be for sure!My issues with technology are based on time and use.

  It's crazy to see as I look around at a restaurant how many couples are not talking anymore,but on their phones. At family gatherings we were "forced" to talk to each other or play games to pass the time. Now we live in a world where even when we go out to dinner our eyes are buried in their phones. We don't need to talk to others to pass the time anymore we just hide in a corner with our phones.  Instead of engaging or playing with our kids we bring out apps for them to play on, or get mad at them when they hit the phone out of our hand. Since when did family time or dinner time become play on our phone time? Like most everything else in life. We need to set limits, with our families. I'm seeing too many marriages and family time being hurt by technology. Not just phones, but many more things. 

  Take control and set guidelines for the future. So technology doesn't run our lives!:) 

  



Emily:)