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Do you remember when you were little, I'm referring to parents or the older generation now, that the only form of entertainment was playing with your brother's and sisters or playing as a family. I remember when I was younger playing card games like snap or happy families and board games like chess, checkers, monopoly, cludo and other games that we always had from Santa under the Christmas tree or even reading books that we borrowed from the local library, those were the days. Now everything is on computer, laptop or mobile phone, my question is do you think that electronic devices take the fun out of family life,ok they're good to communicate with your children and for emergencies but why oh why don't we play as families anymore. All the old game's from our childhood are now available on computers and our children if you have any always send a letter to Santa asking for the latest mobile telephone just to be better than anyone else in school, what a shame. Do you as the older generation think that children are missing out on what we once as children had, family fun. Do you think that mobile telephones should be banned in schools and our children should only be allowed to use them when their homework is done, I do, what do you think? Let's go and buy a great game like Monopoly and have some fun time as a family sitting around the table seeing who will win and all laughing and joking when someone wins or loses money wouldn't that be great instead of our children doing their homework and then dissappearing to play on their phones. I understand that in some ways phones can be useful for their homework if they need to find out information and we always say"Google it", perhaps because we don't know the answer to the question but most of the time their playing games or talking with their friends, wouldn't it be better if they went for a walk in the fresh air with their friends and talk. Do you remember black and white then colored photos taken with a camera you don't need that anymore just use your mobile I envy parents who have put an ban on electronic devices and I'm sure that there are somewhere in this wide world there are parents doing that because they just want to give their children the same sort of fun they had when they were children. Just think of a large family who all have mobiles and are constantly plugged in to the electricity, no more phones smaller bills that's probably selfish but it's a fact. I know it's a different world now and everyday things are changing, people are changing, life is changing but I do miss the old days when everything was simpler and perhaps more fun. Do you middle aged or older remember your childhood days I do and they were fun with something different to do everyday if you used your imagination which I think now is a thing of the past except for those who imagine new ways to make money. Do children still help their parents do jobs around the house, thank God mine do, sometimes and I am grateful for that but it always comes back to the same thing their mobile. It would be nice to hear your thoughts on this, am I wrong or do you think that perhaps I'm right?

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