What has happened to the World Today?
Everybody struggling to find a way
To end the suffering and the pain
To find the happiness once again
What about the little children
Who never learn how to play
It’s almost like they went far away
When they’re young, just let them show it
If we love them dearly, let them know it
They grow up too fast, so let’s not blow it
One day they’re very small
Then you turn around and they’re tall
Kids barely venture outside
In their rooms they tend to hide
While sitting on a Playstation
They barely need imagination
Their friends are on a computer or cell phone
So they never do things, they’re always alone
As kids, we didn’t have 10,000 friends
But we formed personal friendships that didn’t bend
But on a computer the number of friends never ends
But un-like when we were kids
They don’t meet face to face
And never socialize in a special place
Electronic friendships are shallow and low
Because an electronic friend is hard to know
What happened to the stuff we used to know?
Where is the playtime? Where did it go?
Children growing up these days are experiencing a life very different from that of only a a decade or two ago. They seemingly are growing up more quickly, not only physically but also becoming more like adults in their thinking at an earlier age. The world (media and advertising) is forcing them to grow up quickly and to lose their childhood innocence more quickly. They're only young once and they should enjoy being a child and not being forced to grow up by adverse influences.
ReplyDeleteA great poem my friend and thanks for sharing this message.
Ritchie it's good to see you my old friend. Yes they are forced at such an early age into the electronic age and I think it is destroying them.
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