As teenagers and young adults we are completely dependent on our technology to get us through almost any situation. The term technology can mean many different things to different people; some people would define as only their cell phones that they keep on them at all times, others may define technology as their entire electronic arsenal from cell phone to laptop to computer to pager if they have one. Regardless of the definition technology has profoundly changed how we live our day to day lives. By allowing teenagers to be completely connected to anyone at any time they walk away with a new view of the world, a view the older generations don’t have. These views lead to a difference in the ideas of independence and by creating a new kind of
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It used to be that when teenagers went off to college, away from their parents, they had almost total freedom to do what they pleased whenever they pleased to do it. Now the opposite is true, as a college student I feel just as connected to my parents here at college than when I’m home and I see them face to face. For me this feeling stems from the fact that my mom can call or text me whenever she wants and she know I will see her message in a matter of minutes. Even if I don’t reply she knows I get her message. Before our generation that was almost unheard of. If my grandparents wanted to talk to my mom or dad while they were at college they had to call their dorm hall and hope that their child was there so they could relay whatever message they needed to tell my parents. As Sherry Turkle states in her text Growing up Tethered “that rite of passage is now transformed by technology. In the traditional variant the child internalizes the adults in his or her world before crossing the threshold of independence.” (Turkle 237). Before children had to watch and learn what their parents did so that when the time came they could survive on their own. Now if a child needs their parents help that parent is just a call or text away.
It used to be that when teenagers went off to college, away from their parents, they had almost total freedom to do what they pleased whenever they pleased to do it. Now the opposite is true, as a college student I feel just as connected to my parents here at college than when I’m home and I see them face to face. For me this feeling stems from the fact that my mom can call or text me whenever she wants and she know I will see her message in a matter of minutes. Even if I don’t reply she knows I get her message. Before our generation that was almost unheard of. If my grandparents wanted to talk to my mom or dad while they were at college they had to call their dorm hall and hope that their child was there so they could relay whatever message they needed to tell my parents. As Sherry Turkle states in her text Growing up Tethered “that rite of passage is now transformed by technology. In the traditional variant the child internalizes the adults in his or her world before crossing the threshold of independence.” (Turkle 237). Before children had to watch and learn what their parents did so that when the time came they could survive on their own. Now if a child needs their parents help that parent is just a call or text away.