The New Modern Family

So basically our generation is being defined by our "over-usage" of electronics. The abundance of gizmos and gadgets (a-plenty) is taking over our lives. Nowadays, we're even using computers in the classroom every day!! C'est incroyable! (I don't really speak french). However, the majority of electronic usage occurs in our own home. I admit, my family is very technology oriented. My mom just got a MacBook Pro for Christmas (lucky), my dad's company supplies his technology, my sister got a free laptop from her college for being super smart and my little sister and I both have our own personal computers. Not to mention the two desktops, the three iPads, and several iPods and countless gaming and television devices. I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. The plus side to this is that I wouldn't consider us obsessed with our electronics. We may use them frequently, but we still make time to socialize in the outside world and even within our own home. We have family meetings (some, like last night's, that only include the words "Bedtime"), we sit down and eat dinner together without our gadgets, we actually talk. So in the article "Quality Time, Redefined," I agree with some of their points. Yes, my family includes electronic devices in our family time, but that's the thing. We still have family time! Plus, we're not all on different devices. We watch movies together ALL THE TIME! Sometimes, I do my homework while sitting in front of the TV. The world goes on and I still get to chill with the "fam." I like this family time redefined. It, ironically, brings us closer.