How we've progressed

[Bambino]

Fascinating bit of video from 32 years ago.

[Toby]

This has reminded me of this picture

[Cleoriff]

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@Toby wrote:

This has reminded me of this picture

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True...and a good comeback from someone who obviously gets fed up of the older generation saying 'in my day' I hated my Mum and dad saying that to me....and sadly I have turned into my Mum...

[jonsie]

Apart from the old picture which only relates to the daily commute for work, the unfortunate thing about the new picture is that it could be a cross-section of today's generation transposed into any background, buses, trains, home, cafes and restaurants, walking down the street, in the pub, schools, hospitals, doctor's surgeries/healthg centres,work etc etc.

This is life whereby a mum will give a 2 or 3 year old child her smart phone to play a game rather than a toy, comic or book. This a world we have made for ourselves but I just think it's such a shame that we now seem to have lost the innonence of childhood and the art of conversation.

Yes I am my dear dad

[Toby]

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jonsie wrote:

This is life whereby a mum will give a 2 or 3 year old child her smart phone to play a game rather than a toy, comic or book. This a world we have made for ourselves but I just think it's such a shame that we now seem to have lost the innonence of childhood and the art of conversation.

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I see these as one and the same @jonsie, a smartphone game for small children or a book/toy/comic are all distractions :). Just my view on it.