Would you fear that kids in the not too distant future could look like this?

What do you mean the future? We are virtually at that stage now. I see people walking through the busy city centre and crossing the roads without ever looking up from their mobile phone.

It is a sobering thought, but I fear the future is now. Middle school children already seem to be so attached to their cell phones as to believe they are a necessary appendage. And the way they dress would make a courtesan blush.

i think it's already too late.most kids i have to deal with nowadays are dumb as a brick and have the attention span of a gnat thanks to technology.

It depends on the parents. But I know there are lots of smart mom who will choose to make their kids enjoy being a kid. Only too immature parents would raise their kids that way. It will affect the child's growth for they are not able to be a child when they should be.

Not surprising..I mean it's the parents fault for spoiling kids with these advance mobile phones. Didn't you even wonder why Steve Jobs didn't want his kids to have those.

Is it not like that already? Shame that kids just can't seem to be kids these days as we knew it. It is shocking to us that they can spend so much time on these mobiles at such a tender age. They should be learning with real life toys but I guess it is the sign of the times!

Young children now are techie it's part of the modern life

I think it is already happening to adults, young or otherwise.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least @allknowing and it absolutely disgusts me.

It's scary, isn't it?

Kids learn from their adults and many adults act like kids.

Let's just say it's part of evolutions, before we become like what we are now, our ancestors are just walking in uncemented road, don't have radio, television, mobile gadgets. Children have no diaper, baby food and walker. Look at them now. The next generation will be like them.

What a cute picture! - of course, it will happen.

Yes i feel so.. It is sad though.. They would be missing out on so much! They would be missing oit on childhood!

Really hope it won´t be as bad as what I am seeing. The little children around here are not on tablets or smart phones at the moment. They are shouting at the top of their voices and kicking a Football for all its worth. They make a lot of noise which is how it should be thank goodness they have not been given too many gadgets just yet.

I don't like this at all. I don't know if it's the way we are raising our kids, but thankfully, particularly my daughter who is almost in her teens, is not into skimpy clothing like some kids her age (or younger!). And they are not allowed to have a smartphone (except my daughter has a flip phone for emergencies but she does not have use of the internet). They may only borrow their dad's phone occasionally. They beg to have their own phone (particularly my daughter because almost all her peers at school have smartphones). But we are adamant about them not having their own phones until we see they are responsible first - and have enough brains to not get swallowed by their gadgets like this. I hate seeing the young generation like this . . . it does start super young as I see it all around me. But I will NOT let my kids fall into this . . . I can already see their friends getting zombified by their gadgets!!

The future is now. Visit any mall.

I'm glad I work at a preschool where nothing with batteries or brand names are allowed. But I'm sure this is reality somewhere.

That is disgraceful and disgusting. Only the parents are to blame.

I hope that if I have children I will not be crazy to dress them like that, I find it distasteful