remote happy

i was sitting around this afternoon surfing through the channels when a tv reporter disclosed the trend that is taking over our countries youth-the report was disturbing as it scared me. apparantly, the new third base is to give someone oral sex. now, compound this frightening statistic that 12-20 year olds in the country have the highest rate of sexual transmitted diseases. third base becoming oral sex, frightens me. it's not that our countries youth are not overly saturated with the internet, media and other technological advances but the fact that we seem to be retracting back to the age of cave man through our youth.

anyone who has read about the civilzation of man, knows that in most early tribal cultures children as young as 9 would be married in order to propagate the the tribe or empire. hence, the current trend of advanced sexualization is humanity repeating itself just on a much more dangerous playground. as we are now well-advanced in the age of aids, and other diseases this trend can not only be a decline of humanity internally but also sign that we are no longer advancing the way scientists have been predicting.

sexuality is forcing us into a rapid decline, a decline that was started by the spread of aids several decades ago and is now showing itself through our young. what i see are kids as young as 10 smoking illegally, and using drugs and no longer experimenting with sex but having it. this sexualization of our culture within the media and within culture is a trend we should heed. i think children are more advanced, grasp onto concepts faster but also come from more destruction. this destruction has taken shape in many ways, single parent households and latch-key kids that rarely see their parents between school and home.

it is creating a generation of anger, and resentment compiled into this over-sexualization we can thank britney spears & other 21st Century moguls. the combination of immense peer-pressure coming from cell phones being allowed in schools to instant messaging, & video games has taken over what time was once used to play outside, build something or just socialize. generation Y is one of the biggest cash cows with ninetendo, microsoft and other graphic computer game makers.

it's also the largest source of expandable revenue that clothing companies have seen in decades. so, we can guard kids within homes and hope that they will not end up in rehab before the age of 15 or we can shut-off the very instruments that has made this generation remote happy. the sexualization of generation Y is frightening as we have more diseases and they partake in these sexual rituals at friends houses & even with their parents present.

public schools around the country are racing to teach overly sexualized kids to wait, slow down or find other methods of socializing with one another. however, judging by the children i see on a regular basis i am starting to believe that they no longer fear consequence and view any sort of discipline with little or no regard. this doesn't help the current pandemic of sexual transmitted diseases that are being transferred from kids that aren't even in high school yet.

i have one solution. the only one i can think of, the only thing that seems to make sense in this age of mass media exposure and sexualization-is to turn off your television. unplug the computer unless the child has homework and monitor their chat friends and who they hang-out with. they may not seem to care, until they reach our age and can see what their choices have brought them. it's a small step, getting kids to rely on their own imaginations, rather than a remote. i think it's one of the only ways we can ensure that we do not retract into the dark ages, in our over-developed society.