The Front Porch Scenarios

It is the summer 2003 and I’m pedaling fast down the street, on my bike, to get to my friend’s house. When I finally reached her house I dumped my bike off with the rest of the bikes, in the front yard, and ran inside to find everyone. I heard people upstairs and hurried up to find them. They were all sitting around talking and playing a board game. Now, think about how much interaction kids had in 2003 rather than 2015. They actually talked and played board games or played outside no matter what the weather was or whose house they were in. Kids back then found ways to have fun without the advanced technology that kids have today. When growing up in a small town of only 1,020 people the community is close, everybody knows everybody, which is …show more content…
They always walked or rode their bikes if they wanted to go somewhere. The past is way different than the present in so many ways. Kids are getting rides everywhere, parents aren’t trusting the small town communities anymore, and the kids are always inside playing video games. It also seems that family meant more in the past than it does now. Some kids would rather keep their reputation with their friends than hang out with their own family. Scenarios, like the ones I’ve mentioned, tied me to the essay “The Front Porch.” Our family used to meet on the front porch while we, children, played in the yard the adults, grandma, grandpa, aunts, and uncles, were talking about the old times and new. Now, in 2015, we don’t meet on the front porch anymore, most families don’t. The front porch is just for show now, along with the gazebo and back porch. Which leads me back to how much technology has changed the way we have family time. Technology seems to have changed the way things were when I was a kid, which makes me realize that family is more important than friends, and times on the front porch meant more back then than they do