It is time to disconnect those computers and TVs so that families can spend added quality time with their household members. Family time continues to decline as time spent by family members on the the web and watching TV becomes more frequent. A study on American families revealed that household members are spending more and more time on the web than in the company of other household members. Together with others, results showed that an internet user spends 3 hours online each day and 1.7 hours every day in watching TV.
People's homes are slowly transforming into boarding houses. There would seem to be an emerging society of adults paying no attention to their partners and kids, and children not being mindful of their parents and siblings. The family is supposed to be the breeding ground for coming leaders and dependable citizens. In the house, parents and children are expected to provide and be given love and translate this to the whole of society. It is here where children discover the morals of reliance, cooperation, and kindness, and how to cope with anger, defeat, embarrassment, etc. It is here where adults continue to grow emotionally and seek to live life to the fullest.
There is no alternate for the home as an emotional cradle. Observations on many teenagers illustrate that they are clever, but many of them are deficient in emotional aptitude. To put it simpler, many of them do not see how to "read" others - not even their own selves. It has been said that emotional intellect refers to the capacity of someone to grasp, read, and handle his or her own emotions. This can only be learned when someone is given the time to live, work, and play with real people.
What takes place nowadays in many families is that people spend more and more time either with their online contacts or their Television news and superheroes. A study on internet use completed way back in 2004 exposed a major connection between spending time online and time spent with the family. For each hour spent online daily by an average user, he or she loses 23.5 minutes that could be given to his or her family. In addition, the regular surfer also gets less sleep; an average of 8.5 minutes per day for each hour exhausted online.
Neither the computer nor the TV should become more valuable than the actual people that family members exist with. When this happens, the family will suffer. There should be more time spent with "actual" acquaintances in their homes. A simple activity like gathering around the dinner table is just one straightforward way of family bonding. When families are interacting in person more often, the members become more interconnected. The bonds become stronger as they come to value each others genuine interests and what they believe and feel.
People's homes are slowly transforming into boarding houses. There would seem to be an emerging society of adults paying no attention to their partners and kids, and children not being mindful of their parents and siblings. The family is supposed to be the breeding ground for coming leaders and dependable citizens. In the house, parents and children are expected to provide and be given love and translate this to the whole of society. It is here where children discover the morals of reliance, cooperation, and kindness, and how to cope with anger, defeat, embarrassment, etc. It is here where adults continue to grow emotionally and seek to live life to the fullest.
There is no alternate for the home as an emotional cradle. Observations on many teenagers illustrate that they are clever, but many of them are deficient in emotional aptitude. To put it simpler, many of them do not see how to "read" others - not even their own selves. It has been said that emotional intellect refers to the capacity of someone to grasp, read, and handle his or her own emotions. This can only be learned when someone is given the time to live, work, and play with real people.
What takes place nowadays in many families is that people spend more and more time either with their online contacts or their Television news and superheroes. A study on internet use completed way back in 2004 exposed a major connection between spending time online and time spent with the family. For each hour spent online daily by an average user, he or she loses 23.5 minutes that could be given to his or her family. In addition, the regular surfer also gets less sleep; an average of 8.5 minutes per day for each hour exhausted online.
Neither the computer nor the TV should become more valuable than the actual people that family members exist with. When this happens, the family will suffer. There should be more time spent with "actual" acquaintances in their homes. A simple activity like gathering around the dinner table is just one straightforward way of family bonding. When families are interacting in person more often, the members become more interconnected. The bonds become stronger as they come to value each others genuine interests and what they believe and feel.
About the Author:
Usually I don't write about spending time with friends and family. I'm so busy writing about surfing with an encrypted proxy server to protect your online identity that I tend not spend time with my own family. So I thought I would write this blog post about Internet privacy and then relax for awhile.
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