if they where told that for one week they could not have use of computers, video games, cell phones and i pods, do you think they would go crazy?!? most of the young people have grown up with this stuff. I grew up in the 80's and the big thing for us was nintendo. i even remember how excited we where when we first got out first VCR. I remember a time when if you could not reach someone at home you had to wait for them to come home to talk to them on the phone. what are your thoughts?
2007-10-24 15:15:56 · 17 answers · asked by carriec 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
you are 21. when you where a small kid you did not have half of what the kids have now
2007-10-24 15:27:21 · update #1
It would not take a week and they would definitely lose it alright. But it would be fun to sit back and watch what happens
2007-10-24 15:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in the '60's, and all we had was one black and white television, and three network stations and one independent station, and we would have a sheeiitttttttttttttt fit when the tv was broken. I don't know how you made it in the '80's and I'm sure my two kids, ages 22 and 23, could NOT survive if their electronic equipment fell apart. I even had my son call me from Iraq when he was at war and begged me to send him a new ipod or mp3 player, whatever those two things are, so he wouldn't go nuts on his long convoys from Kuwait to Syria. Now, when you have to have those entertainment gadgets with you IN WAR, so you won't go nuts driving on long military convoys, while roadside bombs, etc., are threatening your very existence, . . . well, . . ., somethings gone awry. I finally figured out what an mp3 or whatever was, and sent him one. He's back home now, safe and alive and discharged from Army, and he's WOW'ing and X-box 360'ing and laptopping so much that I can't yet figure out how he's passing his college courses. I'm just waaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy beyond my times. Oh well. I'm glad my two "young adult" kids are surviving, somehow. God Bless you.
2007-10-24 22:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It would be difficult for many of us, since we've got used to these things. I have an 18 yr old nephew and a 15 yr old niece who both work and go to school, so I think it depends on the individual young person, how much it would affect them. I remember when I was young and kids got grounded from the TV, radio, records, phone, etc. we felt we'd never make it through that week or two without them. lol
2007-10-24 22:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There would be a mass rebellion. I grew up in the fifties and early sixties. TV was black and white. Movies weren't rated, they didn't need to be. Most people didn't have a phone and many that did were on a party line. Very few teens had a car. Girls NEVER called boys. Our mothers would have had a fit! If a boy came to your house you stayed in the living room. NEVER the bedroom! Big changes and not just in technology.
2007-10-25 00:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by curious connie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They would be lost, feeling as if they had been tossed off the planet. Imagine, no cell phones, Ipods, Computers. There would be a WAR on parents. I don't think anyone should try it. Let sleeping dogs lie. I don't want my life interupped. Perish the thought.
2007-10-26 03:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey I remember no ac and no television. Some people on our street ha no phone and knocked on our door quite often to use ours.
This century, maybe my generation, has seen more progress than in all history. I too have a crutch that allows me to detach, my computer and books.
I wonder if the Romans went crazy without "Aristotle" or "Plato" scrolls to read?
Blessings-Juju
2007-10-24 23:35:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ju ju 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if they'd go crazy but I think they'd be alot better off with less access to all their toys and with more physical labor. We had one of the first TVs in our town and it had all of two stations on it. Before that we listened to the radio. We had alot of fun but it was more inventive physical fun and that, only after our work was done. All kids had work to do. It was part of learning to grow up to be responsible adults and not only wasn't it discouraged by the government and mental idiot professionals, but was encouraged as healthy, both physically and mentally. I believe it was.
2007-10-24 23:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by oldman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Enjoy my computer, but since the days of radio and the outside privy, I've never been at a lack of things to do and/or ways to amuse myself. Life is anything but boring if one just opens the peepers and looks around.
2007-10-25 11:00:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was an adult when she got her first cell phone, but before that she was a phoneaholic! One time I had grounded her from the phone... she was sure that she would die! What a horrible mom I was! Somehow, she managed to live though.
2007-10-25 01:13:39 · answer #9 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why just kids? I'm nearly 21 and I would go absolutely insane without my PC, mobile phone and computer consoles.
2007-10-24 22:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by cosmicmoon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 52, and I HATE to be without computer access. That being said, I'm also still quite capable of sitting down with a good book or twelve and amusing myself :-)
2007-10-25 02:05:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋