This generation compared to mine is so different as children, and adults. In today’s world, everyone is worried about phones, social media, and making sure they “fit in,”. I remember when it was always cool to stand out, to stay outside playing tag, double dutch, hop scotch, and such with friends until the street lights come on. As I look at the world as a whole, it seems as though everyone is worried about the next person, or what the next person is going to think. I remember when what anyone thought didn’t matter, you took it under the chin, and continued being yourself. Times have drastically changed, and for some in the wrong way.
When I was growing up, we had those street family members that weren’t always related to us, but looked out for us, and we never questioned what they were doing in the streets, or why. In today’s generation, these streets are dangerous. It’s hard to even go outside, and actually enjoy it without worrying about watching your surroundings for anything. It’s taken a tremendous affect on our children today, because all they know is social media. Here’s the thing with social media, not everything you see is true. The amount of times I’ve told a child something they saw on social media isn’t true, it’s ridiculous, yet sad as well, because this is where they are learning a lot of things today. This includes dances, swearing, being disrespectful, and even educational things which isn’t always a bad thing. I say that educational things isn’t always a bad thing because technology has advanced to help others who may learn differently, however for those who are capable, I do believe it is essential to pay attention to teachers, and school. Although the school curriculum has excluded a lot since I was a child, during school lessons, a lot of students find gaps, or questions to where those excluded parts need to be further included.
I miss when it was fine to walk around any town, and people didn’t judge you upon whether or not you lived in the neighborhood, or belonged. Everyone knew each other, and had some sort of connection. In today’s world, people act like it is invalid to have a relationship with their neighbor for many reasons, with race being the number one. People being judged today is the problem, do you judge a book by its cover? The book may look unappealing on the outside to you, but once you read the book, you find that you actual like it. I miss when everyone cared for one another in the world, and now it’s just everyone walking past one another, or saying “Hello,” one day, and attending the funeral the next.
Leave a Reply