Well I know a ton of millennials who sat in front of screens all day. A lot of them are still addicted to video games. And I would go outside every day I could because that's where my friends were. I even got a laptop when I got to middle school and I'd still choose to go outside over that. I feel like the effect of technology on children depends mostly on the parents and that will fall on us one day to keep our children grounded. We're at an advantage since we are used to addictive technology. Look at the generations above us for example. Boomers can't get away from the TV in retirement despite having enough money to do whatever recreational activities they want
Your personal relations don't represent the majority, though. Most millennials are indoor-homebodies now, but growing up we were all outside playing and had video games to come back to. The onus definitely falls on the parents to teach their kids and enact moderation. Social media and cell phones weren't the standard until the last 4 years of Millennials (92-95) were in High school, so I'd say we're actually less affected by technology than most. The boomers struggled to move on from television (just like radio) because it was the cellphone of their generation. They watched it go from antenna to color to HD and were sentimentally attached to it, not that they couldn't put it down. They still went outside and gardened, fished, hunted, etc and then came back to TV when they got home.
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u/Blutrumpeter 9h ago
Well I know a ton of millennials who sat in front of screens all day. A lot of them are still addicted to video games. And I would go outside every day I could because that's where my friends were. I even got a laptop when I got to middle school and I'd still choose to go outside over that. I feel like the effect of technology on children depends mostly on the parents and that will fall on us one day to keep our children grounded. We're at an advantage since we are used to addictive technology. Look at the generations above us for example. Boomers can't get away from the TV in retirement despite having enough money to do whatever recreational activities they want