When the children get hooked to technology everything changes for the people who own farms? Teens easily believe their whole world can revolve around technology and they can learn to earn with it, while they only play games all day. Thoughts about farming and gardening are far away and they don’t realize how important it is for them to learn how to take care of their basic needs.
When a huge number of teens are hooked to technology in this way and there is no one to help them to understand how important it is for them to get ready to take care of their basic needs; eventually supermarkets will be empty or filled with all the food that is bad for them.
In today’s world, technology connects us in ways that once seemed impossible, yet at the same time, it’s quietly disconnecting us from the earth that sustains us.
More and more teenagers spend their days scrolling, gaming, or creating digital content, while fewer are planting seeds, tending gardens, or learning how food truly grows. It’s not because they don’t care; our modern lifestyle has made it easy to forget where things come from. The minerals, vitamins and protein we need from our food is not easily found in processed food or lab grown food.
The Screen Has Replaced the Soil
Technology gives us instant access to information, entertainment, and even income opportunities. Many young people dream of being YouTubers, influencers, or online entrepreneurs. Before they had access to technology all they could think about was becoming nurses, doctors, engineers and business people.
This digital focus comes at a cost: a growing disconnect from nature and from basic survival skills.
Most teens today have never planted a seed, harvested a vegetable, or touched rich soil. For them, food comes from supermarkets; perfectly packaged, always available, and seemingly endless. But the truth is, it’s not that simple.
Behind every meal is a complex system of farming, weather, soil, and hard work. If we lose touch with that reality, we risk losing the very skills that keep humanity alive. It is time for someone to wake up the teens who are disconnected from reality, so they can understand that life is not that simple.
Why This Disconnection Is Dangerous
As climate change affects agriculture, water, and food security, knowing how to grow food could become one of the most valuable skills in the world. Without these skills there will be a huge problem to face.
If future generations depend entirely on technology for money and supermarkets for food, they may find themselves unprepared when supply chains fail or prices rise. Farming and gardening are not just about food. They teach patience, responsibility, and respect for nature’s balance. Children eat healthy food when they get excited about what they planted.
Gardening Builds More Than Crops — It Builds Character
Gardening teaches lessons that no app can replicate:
- Patience — children learn valuable lessons when they see that waiting for growth takes time.
- Observation — plants teach you to notice changes in the environment and the small changes that happens to a plant as it grows is very fascinating.
- Responsibility — when children take care of plants they learn that you must care for living things daily. They become responsible for a living thing.
- Gratitude — realizing that food doesn’t just appear, it’s nurtured. Children will grow up to have more respect for farmers.
- Restoration: the polluted places in the world that is in need of restoration needs more attention each day. I teens are not even aware of them, they will not even be interested in restoring them.
These are life lessons that prepare children and teens to handle challenges. They are lessons that technology alone cannot provide. Children who are raised in a balanced way will be ready to choose great careers that will lead to improved living conditions on earth.
A Simple Way Forward
We don’t need to choose between technology and nature; we can balance both.
Technology can help teach sustainable farming, track planting cycles, and even connect young gardeners across the world. But to make that balance work, we must first remind children and teens of the joy and power of growing something real.
Let’s encourage schools, families, and communities to bring gardening back into everyday life. A small home garden, a classroom plant project, or even a community plot can reignite that connection. Tell children more about the damage done to the environment each day and how technology might be able to help us to restore the health of our environment and help them to choose a great career.
The Future Grows from the Ground
The truth is simple: we can’t eat the internet and our children should be told.
Money, fame, and technology may make life convenient, but they can’t replace soil, sunlight, and seeds. Our children can begin learning how to use technology to improve the quality of their lives and make the world a better place.
If we want a sustainable and healthy future, we need to empower young people to reconnect with the earth; to understand where their food comes from and how to care for it.
The hands that plant today will feed the world tomorrow. After a hurricane or flooding, many farms are destroyed. We should be able to depend on our backyard gardens for a while. Support the EcoKids Book Project in many ways as we transform the way children think about environmental protection in many ways. Raise kids who are willing and ready to conserve as they protect the planet. You will be saving money and more.
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Most technology makes people zombies devoid of cognitive thought. This makes them easy to manipulate and control
So true, we need to be careful how we allow our children to use them… their lives might get messed up?
Latest technologies are destroying our environment and this has to stop but who will listen to us. Great post Denise 👏
You are so right Kamal…. children spend all their time before screens and now they want to control money with these devices
Yes absolutely true Denise 🙏
Absolutamente verdad.
Some good points in this post!
Thank you so much for reading it.. children cannot afford to have too many distractions in these times
So true!