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| "A FAMILY DISCUSSION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY" by Amanda Ingram and Carol Duerksen | ||||||||||||
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YOUTH GROUP LESSON 62
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| RESPOND: Bring the whole group together for a discussion of what is happening in their families. Invite families to share what they are doing to keep technology from being a negative influence on their lives. Share the following mini-lecture: Many people wonder why the Amish are so “backwards” and why they shun modern technology. A large part of the reason is how it affects their families. For example, a phone in the house controls family life when it rings. A car enables family members to drive farther than a buggy does, and that affects family life. One group of Amish in Missouri actually allow modern technology in their milking barns so that the fathers can stay on the farms and be with their family rather than take jobs in town. This group chose to use technology to benefit their family life. Ask: Are there things you are willing to do—goals you are willing to set—to use technology to help your family life rather than hurt it? Invite participants to set those goals as a family unit. Enjoy refreshments together. ANGIE’S FAMILY AND TECHNOLOGY Angie’s mom gets home at 8:00 p.m., at the earliest. This isn’t just once a week, this is every day of the week, weekends included. Her mom works three jobs, so that they can have “the stuff that they need”. She wants to see her mother more, but her mother insists that she must work all those hours. After all, without those three jobs, they would have to turn off the cell phones, the wireless internet, and the cable. Angie’s father works only one job, but she does not get to see him much, either. When he is off work, he is normally watching his favorite shows on the television, messing on the internet, or talking on the phone. They only eat together at the table on holidays. When they do eat together, it is in front of the television. Angie is grateful for the cell phones, TV, and cable, but she feels lonely all the time. She talks to her friends, but there are some things she would rather discuss with her parents. When she tells her parents that they don’t spend enough time together, they say something like, “Well, how about we go see a movie?”. Her mother brings up the fact that they talk on the phone three or four times a week while she is driving home from work, a thirty minute conversation. This seems to justify the fact that they do not spend time with their daughter. Angie feels like her parents do not want to spend time with her, and does not know how to get their focus away from technology onto her. Continued... |
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