As most all Facebook users have already played and become addicted to these games where you have to try and take care of things. Farmville, Happy Aquarium and Roller Coaster Kingdom are three examples of these games that I have played. Now I will say I have become addicted to my fish, my crops and animals and making sure my amusement park isn’t going to shut down. When my fish get too hungry I worry about them and if my crops wither I’m scared that I’m not taking good enough care of them.

I remember as a child playing games like these, except they were mostly for taking care of dogs or cats on a little hand-held device. Giga-Pets were very popular when I was in the 3^rd grade. I remember when I asked for a puppy for Christmas one year, my mom gave me a giga-pet instead of an actual dog. When she gave it to me she said if I could keep my giga-pet puppy alive, then I could have an actual puppy. It was used as a way to teach children responsibility. But now as a young adult with these Facebook games I feel like I’m being taught again how to be responsible. I feel like Facebook is trying to tell me that I am not responsible enough yet to take care of things on my own. I feel like being 18 you should know how to be responsible or not and know how to make the decisions that with either help or hinder your future.