It is me, hi, I’m the dilemma

I have been blogging for about 14 years, freelance creating for almost as long, and on social media for the identical sum of time. It’s come to be my normal to take pictures for sharing afterwards (I rarely share ‘in the moment’) or look at the news on a social media website ahead of regular information stores on the web. I actively use my cell phone to stay related with household and buddies, for my task, and as a camera.

I imagined that my kids would have started to do the identical by now, acquiring grown up being aware of their mom was on-line, and as teenagers now they have additional entry to the world-wide-web and info than any of us did at their age.

When I was a teen we experienced Netscape 2., dial-up online, and ICQ to stay connected.

Nonetheless, I use my telephone in a different way than my kids, and when it appears to be like ‘kids today’ only are living on the web that’s not really the scenario and we can study a good deal from them.

Yes, there is access to social media and data like in no way before, and it is vital to instruct kids about world wide web basic safety and media literacy, but the one particular place wherever I genuinely observe a change is the ‘living in the moment’ concept.

Some children will like to file movie and capture moments for pleasure. But I admire how numerous of them can genuinely be current in time and in their creativity.

Though my children will look through their telephone, perform video games on it, text with close friends, hear to music and scroll their favorite applications, they never tend to get to for the phone to document moments or acquire photographs as typically. Occasionally they do, but it is a lot less widespread and not with the frequency that I do.

When I check out to snap loved ones pictures, photos of our outings, or shots before a meal, they are likely to groan and advise I just enjoy it as an alternative. Loved ones photos might be an exception nevertheless – I see the photos as a reminder to myself of these distinctive periods (and I’m joyful to have these memories captured as all of us age!).

Their capacity to are living in the second with existence does has me rethinking what I do.

I have actually minimized the quantity of picture getting I do on my telephone. I nevertheless insist on a several snaps when we are travelling or visiting someplace neat. In truth, I love on the lookout back again on these old picture memories (and the young ones do much too, I feel), but I try out to be even far more existing. One particular picture is plenty of fairly than a barrage of them.

I take pleasure in seeking to save these reminiscences in my own head and even though I even now want some photographic evidence at times, I can expend far more time in the ‘now’ and consider it all in. It’s great for all of us, I feel. And I acquired that from my kids.

 

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