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Naniniwala kaba na every children needs to experience interaction and physical activities?

When I was a kid, mahilig akong maglaro sa labas like other odinary kids. Parang walang problema, maliliit na problema akala ko malaki na. Everything is ok, pwede ako maligo sa ulan with my cousins, pwede kaming maglaro ng chinese garter(kahit mataba ako!), hide and seek, jumpin rope, paper dolls, bahay-bahayan at marami pang iba. My mom allowed us to do whatever games that we want, BUT marami parin naman rules and regulations like hindi kami pwedeng lumagpas sa tapat ng bahay namin, bawal makipag-usap sa di mo kilalang matatanda, bawal ng lumabas kapag 6 pm na at iba pa na nakalimutan ko na. I experienced maging bata, masaya, madumi at pawis ako parati, kadiri? Ofcoursenot! ahahahha... hindi pa naman ako concious sa itsura ko before at bata pa naman ako nun. Nakakatwa kapag maalala mo yung experience mo with your friends and other kids, minsan nakikipagaway kapa dahil akala mo ng-cheat sila sayo tapos hindi ka makikipaglari sakanila after few days bati nanaman kayo dalawa.

My childhood exeperience is different from my little sisters. Why?

I have two sisters one 9 yrs old and the other one is 7, well malulusog din sila like me when I was a kid but unlike what i said kanina iba yung childhood experience ko sa kanila. Sila kapag my mga assignment sila hindi na sila nagtatanong sa parents ko, straight to the internet ang ginagawa nila unlike yung time ko i-try to reach on to my parents or to my tita's and tito's or pwede rin naman ako magtanong sa mga classmates ko. MAY INTERACTION! One time, wala silang assignment, na curious ako kung ano ginagwa nila sa harapan ng computer, Nashocked ako, nagpho-photo shop ung dalawang kapatid ko! Wow! Nakakatawa, kung ako sa kanila maglalaro ako sa park with other kids, pero mas gugustuhin nilang magcomputer (photoshop), o hindi kaya magplaystation or mag-wii at napaka concious pa nila sa apperance nila my 9yr old sister ayaw na ayaw niang magskirt kasi daw may sugat siya sa knees nia at nakakahiya daw!(WOW! hindi ko naiisip un ah) while yung isa ko namang sister is para naman dalagang dalaga na, the way she dress Oh mY! aahahah napaka arte sa damit, maxiadong choosy! Well, i know kasi nung time ko wala pang mga ganun mga gadgets, I know FIne aamin nako matanda ako but If ever na meron ng ganun before, mas pipiliin ko parin maligo sa ulan keysa magphoto shop. Or magmukang madumi kasi yung lang yung chance ko na parang walang problema. Hindi ko naman sila din masisi kasi yun yung mga napapanahon ngayon, but still gusto ko maexperience nila what a normal kids do.

So back to my question Naninwala kaba na every children needs to experince interaction and physical activities? Hell, yeah! =)

ELECTRIKIDS

I was born on the last period of the 80's and I grew up during an era, where Japan was on its break of covering the face of technology with alot of interactive video console games; among these is the legnedary Family Computer, I was so amazed that I can hurt and control the people I see on tv. Along these times the PC, although it plays a major role at adult's work and is a familiar site at home. Most of the programs and features that I see adults fiddling with the PC is just plain typing and an endless game of minesweeper. So everything that I did and got interested with then are just video game consoles that keeps on getting better and better every time they release one.

However, this is not how the world of kids run along nowadays. The sequence have been toppled upside down and hundreds of kids know more about programming, PC game and digital animation compared to those of the adult majority. These kids start using the PC as early as they start to speak and walk and some guys who play major roles in IT frims are teenagers. A phenomenal factor that continues to help develop the PC into something which everyone of all ages can consider a necessity; is the internet. The internet has made the computer play a vital role in the workplace through helping out people settle a deal and have everybody in the company synchronized and updated by just sitting in front of the PC and through clicking the mouse. The kids who study and will therefore consist of what will happen to our future, utilize the computer in amuch more significant way compared to their notebooks and notes. The internet definitely made education a lot easier and faster compared to how it used to be centuries ago. The kids can finish their paperwork and researches about Africa, bombs, reptiles, legends and nebulas by just using their computer and come up with such amazing outputs.

The kids are constantly being delivered of thousands of different games that allows them to be their favorite superheroes than by just watching them and through the linkage of the internet, hundreds of kids from all over the world can play together in constant synchronization! Wowww!!! That is what's probably gathering these kids in front of computers afterschool, everyday. Kids as early as 7 years old can have a Friendster or MySpace connection that can expose them to thousands of people all over the world. I myself, as an ordinary student does use these certain features of rapid messaging and limitless communication that even distance can not stop it

I sound like I'm 18 going on 63.

The subject we looked forward to the most in elementary and highschool was Computer class because of two reasons. The first being: at that time, only a few places on campus was blessed with the gift of an air conditioning unit and the computer rooms belonged to this select few. Taking computer meant we were temporarily relieved from the heat of the poorly-ventilated classrooms and our restricting uniforms.

The next reason why we liked the subject was because every now and then, the professors would take pity on us and allow us to play games instead of studying our lessons. I think the only problem we had with our computer classes was the fact that in elementary, we did not have the luxury of clicking icons to open a program. At that time, we had to open MS-DOS and type in the instructions and the exact location of the file first.

Times have certainly changed from our primitive days. Now even my younger cousins are capable of maniplulating computers to meet their needs. Not only can they play games, they are also adept at using the internet. Occasionally, I even chat with my younger cousins - the ones that used to crawl around in their diapers in front of me.

Aside from being a good way of passing time and entertaining themselves, I think that being familiar with the computer and its many functions, it will help them in their schoolwork and actual jobs in the future. I just wish that they would also take the time to socialize IRL (in real life) and engage in physical activites like sports or something so they can be more well-rounded and less.. pale haha :)

LIKE FLIES CAUGHT IN AN INESCAPABLE WEB

While waiting for my ride home, I happened to pass by a group of young kids, around 10 to 12 years of age, playing the ever popular game of jump rope. When suddenly, this kid falls down to his knees because his size-5 foot got caught amidst the rapid twists and turns of the ropes. Of course, it is expected that the kid would say a word or two to express his pain and it usually ends with remarks such "Ouch." To my surprise, this 10 year old boy said the F BOMB. Picture me as this dork without glasses raising his eyebrows and enlarging his... eyes. So I said, "What the f... crap." :) Is this how young kids react to booboos now?

I guess this shows how much more mature, if you could say such a thing, the children of this generation is now. And as such, it is unavoidable that these kids would end up on the Internet to do various things. So, how exactly do I see the concept of having CHILDREN IN CYBERSPACE? *Queue Twilight Zone Theme* Well, it has its PROs and CONs.

For one thing, kids who go online tend to have much exposure on the different kinds of information that can be picked up while reading texts in websites or forums. For example, they can learn different kinds of recipes or styles in paper folding. However, seeing that the Internet is uncontrollable when it comes to limiting information not made for minors, it can go overboard. Children are ultimately exposed to unacceptable, if not immoral, content.

A friend of mine also said shared to me that one of the major issues concerning this matter may be that the children lack the required maturity to filter and to comprehend certain situations. This is where flaming comes in. Learning when to retreat from a battle dictates maturity, however, since the children have not yet reached that point, more battles will result from a simple disagreement. This, of course, could lead to trouble in and outside cyberspace.

In addition, children do not understand the dangers and consequences of engaging into conversations with people over the internet. We have all seen crime reports about abductions and killings of innocent, young victims.

Anonymity is a double-edged sword. Though the internet lets you hide your true identity, how sure are you that the other person would not do the same?

It is appalling that parents do not seem to get fazed by this disturbing act of evil, which leads me to my next point.

It is the responsibility of the parents, then, to ensure the safety of their children every time they go to surf the internet. How hard is it to check from time to time what their kids are doing? If the parents do not do such, then I'm sorry *queue PGMA here*, but the parents lack the compassion, maturity, and responsibility to be called PARENTS. They are mere robots.

It is inevitable that the children of today will make use of technologies that seem to be as vital a resource as basic necessities such as food or water. It is the parents' duty, therefore, to wake up, to take notice, and to be responsible for their own genetic clones children.