A response to "Growing Up Online"

This is a response to a video called "Growing Up Online" Man, I hate some of these kids. Parents, you're no better.

The video we watched in class a while back titled “Growing up Online”, which I've seen maybe 10 times in my life now, has got to be the most frustrating thing to watch. The kids and parents interviewed were the worst possible people to talk to. Growing up online is not actually as bad as they put it out to be. Take my brother for example. He's on his iPad all the time, chatting with his friends, video calling, just having fun all the time. Though when he first got it, it would take some effort to pull him away. Now, he's a more active part of the family. Some say all the technology and such can drag your kids away from your family, but on the contrary, it brought my brother and my parents closer together. They hang out all the time on their phones and such while watching their favorite sitcoms almost every night. He's really grown.

As for the video, there was a certain high school senior that I wanted to teach a lesson. He does not read, claims he doesn't need to read real books anymore, and he uses sparknotes for all of his english reading assignments. He has to have the shortest attention span ever. Either that or he is just lazy as hell or hasn't even tried to read a book since middle school. These are the times when I do hate technology. It will create these kids who do not respect culture and just want to be online all the time and breeze through life. I wish I knew of a way to reverse this or at least teach kids like him they should appreciate certain things. That and to suck it up. It's a book. Come on.