Blog 5

For my research project i want to research children and technology. Growing up children asked for barbie dream houses, polly pockets, nano pets, my- size barbies etc. Today's generation children ask for 4g cellphones, iphones, ipads, and tablets, it doesnt even matter how old they are. During my grandmother's time they could not even afford to use phones. So compared to that time and now technology has changed drastically. The question is how do children as little as three become so technology saby? I thought it was interesting when my three year cousin wanted to play on my phone because he knew it had games, but I asked him to go get his toys and he said no because I would have to get it and then put it back up when i'm done. Do all children have this mentality about playing with their toys? They understand the iphone language and if given a phone they can slide the screen or request you to put in your password so they can play a game. Some children are advanced enough to find the games themselves on the app. Will the need for technology change for the better? Will this change have positive effects on our children or negative effects?