Reflection on Kids and Technology

This is not necessarily a reflection on my specific classroom but on kids in general. I work at Cedar Park Christian School in the extended care program. During this time I hear the students conversing with each other about their different games and their newest cell phones. I find it amazing how much parents these days by their children. Just last week I overheard a student telling another student about her Christmas presents, the parents bought her a Nintendo DS, one of her brothers a Xbox 360 and another one of her brothers a Wii. All of these presents together are near $1,000 which to me is outrageous. Sure it is their money and they can buy their kids whatever they want but I feel the message that their kids are getting though these presents is not the best. When I was younger my parents were blessed with money but I would have never seen a Christmas like this one, I was taught to share, the kids in my family did not need their own game console. Maybe it is just different these days.