Who Had An Easier Childhood?
Today’s Children or Today’s Adults?
By Anna Spencer
While it is true that today’s children have it better in the sense of material things, children
of the past had a much simpler and easier way of living. In the past, children could go outside for
hours without their parents having a clue where they were. Parents didn’t have to worry. Today,
kids can’t leave the driveway without telling a parent exactly where they’re going and when
they’ll be back. Many kids don’t even want to walk anywhere because they have an awful fear of
being kidnapped.
In the past, teenagers could live life and not even think about their future. Today, teens
are forced to choose a career right when they go into high school. Teens are pressured to do
extremely well in school nowadays because it is so hard to get into college. Then, when they get
out of college, they have to worry about getting a job. Twenty years ago, you could walk outside
and get a job easily. Today, there are also many irresponsible parents in the world. Their lack of
responsibility forces many children to grow up too fast. Childhoods have definitely changed over
the years.
By Mr. Gunter
I believe that kids today have it mentally tougher than we did back in the day. They seem to be bombarded with information constantly from the cell phone, computer, or television. These kids are receiving thousands of text messages a month, put their whole life story for everyone to read on Facebook, and watching an unbelievable amount of TV along with playing video games. This technology seems to have affected the way they are able to process information and has hindered today’s kids from being able to think for themselves. Everything for today’s generation of kids has to be instant. If they can’t get it right away, most of today’s kids will move on to something else without analyzing the information they have received.