Where have all the books gone?
Posted
March 20, 2008 at
6:58 pm by
Allison J
Last Sunday I met my childhood friend and her daughter, also my Goddaughter, for a breakfast date. It was cold and drizzling so we decided to drive the one block to the restaurant. My nearly seven year old Goddaughter insisted on bringing her Gameboy (and 7 games) in the car. In my head I was screaming “no, no, no,” but her mother allowed it. Then she insisted on taking it into the restaurant! Again, her mother complied. This normally talkative and imaginative child spent our hour-long breakfast fixated on the 3×2” colored screen.
And so I must pose the question, where have all of the books gone? And why are parents so willing to ply their children with electronic devices which make literature, imagination, and normal conversation skills obsolete,? Hand-held video games taken everywhere, DVD players in vehicles, TVs in the bedroom. Picture and chapter books have been replaced by movies and PSP games. The mind has been abdicated by the controller. What’s the deal?
I have plenty more to say on this subject, as I’m sure many of you do as well! Check back soon for more.
Tags: children-not-reading, DVD-players-in-cars, DVD-players-in-vehicles, Education, lack-of-pleasure-reading, reading, televisions-in-the-bedroom, TVs-in-the-bedroom, video-game-use Comments (8) |
