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want. On the other side, if we spare days feels it is important to talk. Let are outdated, backward, ANTI-SOCIAL,
some me to spend in the nature, we us forget about talking, people do not etc. I have had complains from many
will then know that there are so many even respond properly when asked or friends and rela ves who called me
things that we miss in our daily lives. called. “ANTI-SOCIAL” for not using Facebook.
Therefore, we all should spend more Now, the parents who tried so As a ma er of fact, my same friends
me to explore and analyze the nature. hard to be “CALLED” responsible and rela ves are the ones who bother
parents and show the society how not to u er a single word in any
Indoor Kids are Well- well-mannered their kids are, their gatherings because they are so busy in
Mannered : A new race in children do not even respond and talk SO-CALLED-SOCIALIZING in FACEBOOK.
Modern ParenƟ ng even when called several mes. It is Not to forget, they are the fi rst ones
not because the child is ill-mannered. who ask for Wi-Fi password in every
The drug has infl uenced the brain so house, restaurants and par es they go.
deep that they no more feel important Once they have the passwords in their
in what is actually going on around phone, they go
outside of their gadget. into the “BEND-DOWN ERA”. In
Nepali, we called “GHOPTEY YUG”.
No Smart Phone? Is this kind of socializing doing any
No Facebook? good? For the sake of talking to people
I recall those days of my childhood who barely ma er in our life, are we
when every single day we used to be not missing out people who are more
minimum 8 to 15 kids of our locality in important in our lives? Our parents,
our widespread street coming out to kids, friends, families; we have forgo en
play. Our friends ranged from 5 years how to establish a proper conversa on
Inside the Shell old to 20 years old. Everybody had at our home. But s ll, we are social
their small circle which had friends of animals. Thank God we have Facebook.
Many parents in the modern day
society think that the more my child Consequences
spends me inside the house, the of Indoor GeneraƟ on:
more mannered and well-behaved - Children have lost interest in going
s/he is. Staying Indoors and Being out and paying, talking, making friends
Well-Mannered has become directly with other kids. It has become a ma er
propor onal in the mindset of modern of shame to both children and parents;
day paren ng. The more a child is specially parents
jailed inside, the higher the parents - TV, phones, tablets and gadgets
are ranked as responsible and caring have become the top priority than
parents in the vision of urban society. physical games and ac vi es
And every parent is in the race to - Online games and online friends
make themselves being “CALLED” have majorly replaced real games and
as responsible and caring parent. real friends
Therefore, to make that happen, they GHOPTEY YUG - Without physical ac vi es and
introduce their children to a very con nuous staying in a single place
dangerous addic on. It is called “THE their same age group. Today is Football with gadgets has signifi cantly been
GADGET ADDICTION”. day, next day Seven-stones, Cricket, causing:
Lukamari (hide and seek), Ve ai (Catch
DIGITAL DRUG is supplied by me if you can), Chungi (Ball made of
diff erent technology companies in rubber bands), Guchha (Marbels), Tole
the form of tablets, mobile phones Ghumney (going around others places
and many diff erent gadgets. Digital to fi nd out what new games they play)
pla orms defi nitely off er a whole and a lot of me outside and together
lot of informa on, knowledge with friends. The going out and playing
and entertainment. However, the trend has eradicated from the society
biggest fallback it is off ering is “THE by more that 85%. There are only few
ADDICTION” towards the gadgets. socie es where children can be seen
It is keeping children, youth, adults, playing outside with their mates.
almost everyone so much occupied in People say we are in the Digital
themselves that people these days do Genera on. The term “Digital Childhood Obesity
not talk to each other even in family. Genera on” has been so cool,
Children do not play with real friends fashionable, trendy and important that Childhood Obesity / Overweight
these days, they play with online if somebody does not have a Smart (Not just in children, also in adults)
friends. They do not talk to each other Phone OR a Facebook account, they - One in 3 kids and teens is
and make new friends. Nobody these may be “ALIENS” to the society. They overweight due to lack of physical

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