The Impact Technological Globalisation on Generational Akhlaq

Excessive use of gadgets can cause obesity in children. This is because the use of gadgets causes children to be sedentary or lack physical activity. Using gadgets that know no time also makes children unable to control their food intake, either eating too fast or too much because they are too focused on the screen. In fact, physical activity that is done regularly can be beneficial for strengthening the heart, blood vessels, and body and brain systems. In addition, the influence of gadgets on children's development can also cause eye health problems, such as eyes becoming tired or uncomfortable due to continuous staring at the screen.

• Experiencing mental health problems

The influence of gadgets can also cause depression in children of certain ages. Obviously, this will impact their mental health during childhood and adolescence. Often, children become shy, feel anxious or fearful when meeting or socialising with others in person. In fact, they try to avoid people or crowds. However, these feelings suddenly disappear when they return to screen time.

Technology's impact on generations or even on socialisation is profound. However, it is impossible to avoid. The phenomena that occur can be overcome by limiting use, so that social life with the community continues to run well. What happens almost mostly around us such as:

• Lack of good relations with neighbours

The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the next day should speak kindly or keep quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the next day should respect his neighbour, and whoever believes in Allah and the next day should respect his guest.

This is how Islam beautifully teaches neighbourly living, building harmony with neighbours, reaching out to each other in distress, and rewarding and saluting each other when neighbours are lucky. However, sometimes the reality of neighbourly life faces many obstacles, as a test for those of us who believe in Allah SWT.

• Children's lack of Birrul Walidain towards their parents

"And your Lord has commanded that you should worship none but Him, and that you should be kind to your parents. If either of them or both of them come to an old age in your care, then by no means say to them the word "ah" and do not yell at them and speak to them honourable words." (Al Isra' 23)

As a good child is obliged to always obey and obey and be devoted to both parents. However, in the current era, the impact of technology has also resulted in the breakdown of the relationship between parents and children.

• Lack of manners

Wherever we are, at least we have good manners that we apply that reflect on a person. For example, being polite and courteous to other people both new and old (familiar), speaking with low and gentle intonation to parents, and so on.

However, the more advanced the modern era, the more things that test one's mindset of berattitude. Especially in today's children who have understood and fallen into the modern world, especially the world of online games such as Free Fire and so on, and social media such as Tiktok and so on. Although there are several groups of teenagers who have good Attitude and Akhlaq, but nowadays teenagers with bad attitude and ethics have become commonplace.