I believe that the effects of technology on our society are even more serious than the parenting issues described by Etzioni. We are witnessing the slow regression of our society to one in which interpersonal and social skills and values are becoming

seemingly more and more unnecessary. Today, through the use of technology, these elements that were once the foundation of our society are crumbling under-foot of the new computerized, technology-based society that is our future. Our children, the beneficiaries of this modern society, are less inclined to interact socially, because the opportunity to spend hours staring into the television or playing video games or surfing the Internet is much more appealing. They have access, again via Internet, to explicit, pornographic material and violence that has become the standard for what defines “interesting” movies or television programs for young people today. The average young person will view an estimated 200,000 acts of violence on TV by the time they are just 18 years of age. This leads to one ever-imposing conclusion, that "…The heavy exposure to television violence is one of the leading causes of aggressive behavior, crime and violence by children and teenagers in our society," this statement was made by a spokesman for the National Institute of Mental Health during an address to the U.S. Senate in 2002.

Our society is becoming increasingly less healthy. In a U.S. survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it was determined that well over half of the total population of American adults

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