How Technology Has Changed The Family Life

In the Article “Quality time, redefine” by Alex Williams, the author discussed the influence of technology in today’s family’s interaction. In the past, families used to get together to play games, watch television shows or have dinner. Now, they are using their laptops, iPads, smart phones, and eBooks to work, to shop online, to listen music, watch television, sports and movies. For some people the internet and the use of these gadgets are responsible for bringing families apart. For example, in some case wives and husbands send e-mails to each other while they are in the same room and for many families their time together is spent in the living room with everybody doing their own thing. On the other hand, the author explains how in the

Before, people used to leave their homes to communicate with friends through places such as the bar, café, or even going for a walk. Now, technology has made communication so much easier. With applications such as Skype, Facebook and iMessage, we are able to instantly message our friends without spending money, time or energy to commute. Overall, messaging applications have made communication easier, quicker, cheaper and more efficient – all four are demands of which most humans look for when performing tasks. However, there are times when technology usage is more than we should take. Television for example can easily prevent a family from communicating. With 24 hours of nonstop broadcasting news and entertainment, some families can sit through these programs for hours without saying a single word to each other. According to a survey conducted by the Mirror, the average parent spends only 34 minutes with their children a day (Maughan, 2015). Over 2,000 parents surveyed had admitted to being too tired or busy to spend time with their children. With 24 hours in a day, if the average human spends 8 hours a day sleeping (Bjarki, 2015), 7-12 hours a day working or going to school (Ferro, 2015), and 8.4 hours on media devices (Chang, 2015), communication among friends, family members and the outside world in general is expected to be at its concerning lowest. According to research by the telegraph, 65.8% of children under 10 years old own smartphones

Technology is defined as machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. Its original use was meant solely for the service of humans, however overtime it has evolved into something much different. What was originally meant to be an assisting piece of machinery has changed almost every aspect of our culture. The way we think, communicate, lie, and even love has been impacted by the use of technology, and all of this is has made for interesting pieces of literature. In pieces such as Her and I, Robot, we see the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence into a more empathetic and humanlike creatures. This gradual change in our views of robots overtime speaks volumes to the evolution of technology. Technology in literature has become a reflection of human beings themselves, mirroring the very qualities of ourselves that make us human. By looking at the personality that technology takes on in literature, we can greater understand the aspects of ourselves that truly make us human.

It is unbelievable how fast technology can change the way society lives today, compared to how we lived in the past and what the future has in store for us. Technology can be beneficial in the health care system by helping us create medicine and find new cures for disease we have been battling for years. However, when technology is not used to benefit us it is quiet disturbing. Technology can help improve one’s way of life, but it should not be your way of life nor control your life. In The Veldt by Ray Bradbury technology ruins family life by starting to eradicate verbal communication, family bonding, and parental responsibility.

The use of technologies in the younger generation is very outrageous. “Raising Generation Tech,” “Kaiser Foundation,” (37) talked about the study, that shows how adolescents are wasting their time on the technology. He explained that, they are using technology for about more than “five and half” hours a day without including their school programs. And those whom spent their time on technology are the age of “eight – eighteen.” It seems difficult for children’s to have a good relationship between their families anymore; because they are more into spending time on technologies and not giving attention. Gary Chapman, the author of “Growing up Social,” also talked about one particular family’s who has three kids under the ages of ten years

When there are more television sets than members of a household under one roof, it is obvious that technology and media has greatly effected the contemporary American family. There are many forces and pressures that help to shape the American family that we all see, as well as, are a part of today. Technology and media has brought us very far as a country, but has also inflicted upon norms of yesterday. Technology is growing now just as fast as ever before and families are constantly changing because of it.

The author, Leonard Pitts, Jr., laments over how technology is a detriment to the traditional family structure and writes an editorial regarding this issue. He powerfully achieves his purpose by using aloneness words and an oxymoron.

In today’s society with cell phones, television, internet, and social media, it is very difficult to stay connected. Our ability to stay balanced in a society with technology exponentially improving will benefit us when connecting to more things that are real and in the moment. The idea is not to become completely disconnected with the tech space, but rather to connect and be involved with life outside of technology as well. The point is to become more involved with family and quality time. Yes, we can still be “connected” with technology; however, if we take time to disconnect we can understand what is really going on in our society. Technology is universal no matter where we go, one use it every day if its traffic lights, bikes, phones, cars,

The amount of time members of a family spend with each other is how you can understand the complexity of any situation, and is necessary in situations involving technology. “What computers offers is beneficial…[technology] can reformat adolescent’s chemical balances,” (Stewart) in a way that is abnormal to the average adolescent’s development. These chemicals stimulate a child, and ideally are naturally produced by social interactions. A number of emotions are lost such as “empathy and concentration,” because electronic have excluded them from social interactions (Stewart). This chemical change becomes part of [a child’s] life after age 3. One’s concern about their family could be confronted by a lack of intimacy due to the lack of moderation

I would say technology has changed families. The first piece of technology would be the television. Long ago, people used to listen to the radio and hear their favorite shows instead of watching them. In this generation, almost all households have laptops, cell phones, video game consoles and smart TVs. To accommodate, they need to get internet and have extra money set aside to pay for these new things. In the next step, institutions develops new functions and activities, it would change from board games to video games, VCR to Netflix. Families might have a game night playing the Wii. There's commercials of children learning by playing games while it used to be by books. The last thing would be that this would change and it actually seems scary

I think that technology has had both positively and negatively impacted the family life in our society. But I think the positive effects out way the negative ones. In this term paper I will focus on how cell phones, internet, and home security systems. These are only a few of the technology that has affected family life. I will first talk about the positive effects then I will explain the negative effects.

Technology has changed the relationships of families. Distracted by their laptops, TV’s, smartphones, and video games, families can’t have a friendly

As far back as I can remember my family and I have taken advantage of technology. The types of technology have changed over the years, along with our usage and dependence on it. Technology is a fundamental part of our lifestyle, including both work and play. What is interesting is that we also have many friends who use very little technology in their day-to-day living. This drastic difference makes one wonder how necessary the technology really is, and whether or not our dependence on it is healthy in the long run. It is really easy to just get caught up in using technology without thinking about the pros and cons.

In today’s world, there happens to be a lot of technology. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but what happens when too much of a good thing turns out bad and begins to have a negative effect on important relationships? Children and parents don’t have the same kind of relationships that they had in the past. Relationships all around the world are going through a dramatic change. This is partly due to the presence of technology. Because I still live with my parents and my family I’ve seen a change in how families communicate with each other and how much time families spend together. Kids rarely go outside and hang out with their friends anymore and when they do, it’s for very short periods of time. The first negative effect being that kids today spend a lot more time watching television, using computers and playing video games. The second negative effect is the divide that has come between parent and child. Parents have had a sort of disconnect with their children and communications between the two have dropped significantly. Another negative effect of technology in households is that parents work more and have less time to spend. And when they do have the time to spend they’re on their devices checking emails at their children events or texting while eating dinner. Often times parents just don't have the time to focus on work and kids.

There is an expression saying “man born not of his own time.” The basics of the quotes meaning is a persons mannerisms, thoughts, ideas, and dreams are based out of a different time frame then the individual is presently living in. Technology a defining feature to our time line in human evolution. Each major technological advancements introduces new opportunities, as well as obstacles, that aide mankind in advancing to the next step in their evolutionary chain. The 21st centuries latest technology is the 3D printer, a device capable of re-defining our lives to be more convenient by printing all of our needs. It is claimed 3D printing will be an absolute positive technology to benefit mankind, but we will soon encounter situations where uncontrolled, illegal substances will be produced because anyone can attain a printer and its materials, the simplicity of learning the machine makes it convenient for everyone, and there are no restrictions on content being printed.