Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped to develop more advanced economies (including today’s global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure clas.

            Nowadays parents are increasingly worried about safety of their children, and because of this, they do not let their children out to play.  As a result children are no longer playing outside but shutting themselves away in their rooms and losing themselves in individualistic activities such as television watching and computer games. But it doesn’t mean that children really don’t want to stay at home. Today, children are likely to stay at home and play computer, watch TV, rather than going and playing outside with other kids. On average children devote 5-6 ours a day to screen media. This type of children can be classified as so called screen addicts. As the use of personal computers proliferates, reading skills are expected to suffer.

            Many social organisations are calling for the need to cultivate children’s interest in sport and other related activities. Maybe parents should devote a bit more time to their children, and, probably, this problem will be solved.