Our children are the next generation and I think we are losing some of the great things we can have without technology and improve alot of peoples mental and emotional health by going back to the basics like handwriting a letter to the older generation.
I if you ever watched the Disney movie "WALL-E" it shows how technology makes us so lazy and we do not know how to function without it having robots doing everything we should be doing ourselves. I am not saying technology is bad it just really helpful in alot of ways but there are things we should still be doing on our own. Like it nice that books and newspapers are online and it saves trees in all. It does save time but we miss out on the smell of age of the books wondering how long it has been around. You do not have to worry about batteries dying. You can find your place easier and always know you have access to it when you hold it. I know technology keeps us connected with worlds we are not close to but we are taking away jobs of the postman/postwoman who deliver our mail. The handwritten letter is becoming a lost art form because everything is almost basically done by email,twittering, facebook, yahoo or any social type media.We as a society need to encourage kids to write letters especially to the older generation who feel alone because they like things done the old fashion way. They can feel the emotion and feelings from the person writing the letters. They feel connected and special. We take so much for granted that sometimes we forget the basic way of life is great too and need to now incorporate it more in our children so these things do not fade away like it never existed. I got so happy the other day because i can not afford to travel that I got to post cards from pen pals I made even agreed that due to some peoples finances that sending a post card from where they are and getting one in return is a great way to travel without getting discourage about not having money to travel and see these places themselves. Let's encourage our children to write to a family member or friend a letter and share something special or make your own post cards and give our postal workers something to deliver and feel important again. I mean everyone enjoys letters,cards, and getting something other than advertisements and bills. Lets connect our culture with other cultures and learn more by sharing ourselves by the hand written word. But make sure you know who you are writing to or find groups that are safe and start a pen pal group and share a smile.
#BE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ALWAYS AS PARENTS MONITOR WHO OUR CHILDREN WRITE TO AND CHECK OUT IF THEY JOIN A GROUP ON FACEBOOK TO DO PEN PALLING MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE. THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SUPERVISION WHILE TALKING ONLINE OR EVEN IN PERSON. KNOW YOUR THEIR FRIENDS AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE FRIENDSHIPS AND DISCOURAGE THE ONES THAT MAY LEAD TO TROUBLE.#
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