there was great music and amazing musicians?
Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Monkees, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band, Jackson 5, Sonny & Cher,The Who, The Supremes, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Van Halen, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Quiet Riot and Guns and Roses, and so many more. Do you ever wonder what music your grandchildren are listening to or if they will grow up aspiring to be a singer in a band?
Here is my theory: When we grew up in the 60's, 70's, & 80's, we did not have Nintendo, X-Box, Play Station, or any other form of entertainment that kept us memorized as we stared into an idiot box, as my mother called the it (the television!)
In our home of daughters, my father was the king of the idiot box. Remember also, we only had three channels to enjoy. ABC, CBS, & NBC. If the rabbit ears which sat on top of the television, were aimed correctly, occasionally we could get, a couple more stations. Dad worked hard everyday to keep a roof over our heads and food in our mouths. After dinner, (we ate as a family every night), dad would head to the family room, turn on the television and enjoy shows like , boxing, Jacques Cousteau Archie Bunker, Happy Day's, Sonny & Cher, and Hee Haw. Sunday nights were the best because we all enjoyed A Walt Disney Movie. Aah the good old days.
Summer vacations were spent riding bikes, reading comic books and Nancy Drew, playing jump rope, jacks, hide-and-seek, Barbies, card games, swimming, badminton, jarts, and many more outside activities. Not once did we verbally say we were bored. If you did, you would find yourself with a broom, toilet brush, or weed picker in your hand. Our minds explored and learned, and our days flew by much too quickly.
My thought is that once all these video games hit the scene, children were babysat in front of a idiot box where they became lost in a world of isolation from friends, family and social contact, and focus almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than other life events, and exhibited lack of imagination.
Don't get me wrong, my children did have a PlayStation and I did play occasionally them, but there was a time and place for this game. The kids still went to the library weekly during summer vacation and chose a minimum of one book that had to be read by the following week. They swam, played Barbies, hide-and-seek, and many of the outdoor games I grew up with.
In the past twenty years have we lost our children to technology? This is my motto: everything in moderation. Just sayin......
Where ever your Wednesday takes you, take a moment and revisit a summer vacation you enjoyed in your past.
Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Monkees, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band, Jackson 5, Sonny & Cher,The Who, The Supremes, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Van Halen, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Quiet Riot and Guns and Roses, and so many more. Do you ever wonder what music your grandchildren are listening to or if they will grow up aspiring to be a singer in a band?
Here is my theory: When we grew up in the 60's, 70's, & 80's, we did not have Nintendo, X-Box, Play Station, or any other form of entertainment that kept us memorized as we stared into an idiot box, as my mother called the it (the television!)
In our home of daughters, my father was the king of the idiot box. Remember also, we only had three channels to enjoy. ABC, CBS, & NBC. If the rabbit ears which sat on top of the television, were aimed correctly, occasionally we could get, a couple more stations. Dad worked hard everyday to keep a roof over our heads and food in our mouths. After dinner, (we ate as a family every night), dad would head to the family room, turn on the television and enjoy shows like , boxing, Jacques Cousteau Archie Bunker, Happy Day's, Sonny & Cher, and Hee Haw. Sunday nights were the best because we all enjoyed A Walt Disney Movie. Aah the good old days.
Summer vacations were spent riding bikes, reading comic books and Nancy Drew, playing jump rope, jacks, hide-and-seek, Barbies, card games, swimming, badminton, jarts, and many more outside activities. Not once did we verbally say we were bored. If you did, you would find yourself with a broom, toilet brush, or weed picker in your hand. Our minds explored and learned, and our days flew by much too quickly.
My thought is that once all these video games hit the scene, children were babysat in front of a idiot box where they became lost in a world of isolation from friends, family and social contact, and focus almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than other life events, and exhibited lack of imagination.
Don't get me wrong, my children did have a PlayStation and I did play occasionally them, but there was a time and place for this game. The kids still went to the library weekly during summer vacation and chose a minimum of one book that had to be read by the following week. They swam, played Barbies, hide-and-seek, and many of the outdoor games I grew up with.
In the past twenty years have we lost our children to technology? This is my motto: everything in moderation. Just sayin......
Where ever your Wednesday takes you, take a moment and revisit a summer vacation you enjoyed in your past.
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