As I finished my homework tonight (yay!) I thought I should entertain myself with something fun. What did my brain go to? Why, Legos of course! Well, maybe not of course, but seeing as my family knows and loves me all too well for my dorkiness I had received some Legos for Channukah. And not just any Legos, oh no, Spongbob Legos--complete with the Krusty Krab and all. *feels lame*
As I sat in our living room reading the instructions and carefully placing each piece where it belonged I thought of the list we put together in class about imagination driven games versus toy driven games. When I was younger I had a mix of both. Certain friends sparked the creative side of me, fairytales, animals, house, etc, while other friends brought out my MyLittlePony sets. As I thought back I remembered all the fun I had as a kid with my imaginary games, dressing up, running around, being a kid, the freedom it created. Then I brought myself back to reality. I'm a teenager. We don't "do", "imaginary". If we ever have time what are we playing? Wii, Xbox, iPod music dance party, assorted acceptable board games maybe, etc. A lot of these ideas come from our generation growing up with new technology as well. When have you gone up to a friend of yours and said, "Hey, let's play fairies!" That's right, never. Maybe once. Maybe you have friends like that, I'm not judging (Spongebob Lego girl here), but the majority?
I know the class discussion was about "childhood" but it still brought me to the aspect of "playtime" or as the term grows up,"hanging out time" or "friend time" and how we distribute our time and energy to bond with our friends.
What do you do with your friends? How do you think new technology has interfered with the bonds of friends?
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