Cultural Shifts

I believe that in the past 20 years or so there have been many cultural shifts that have lead people away from being as social as they once were. In my opinion, advances in technology have played a major role in these shifts. The adults who were once involved socially are now getting older to the point where they are no longer capable of going out and being social. Because most of the new technology is targeted to the younger generation, young people are staying in with technology rather than going out and filling the roles of these older people on the social scene.
Most children today would rather stay at home and surf the Internet or play a video game, rather than go out and play with friends. Most parents let their children do this because they are so busy with their careers and their own technological pastimes that it is easier for them to allow it than to drive their children around anyway.
Most social activities now occur online, from chat rooms to forums, online video games where children can talk to one another, and even blogs like this where people can express and share their opinions. With less and less social interactions occurring everyday, people are loosing not only the desire to go out and be social but also the skills to do so if they so desired.
In my opinion, it is for these reasons that there have been shifts in the social dynamics of our society.