网络社交危害英语作文（汇编20篇）

When we read newspapers, our attention is always attracted by increasing

unemployment rate in young graduates who are leaving college. In my opinion,

there are many causes for this disquieting phenomenon and we should try to solve

the problem.

Most companies would rather employ a low-educational specialized worker

than a this-years graduate from a well-known university. For companies, they are

more likely to choose the candidates with rich working experience. Apparently

enough, the training for young graduates usually costs them a large quantity of

time and money. In addition, the current education system brings on a lot of

bookworms who are adept in theoretical but not practical knowledge. Therefore,

it is hard for those graduates to complete the practical assignments

successfully and smoothly. This is one major reason why many graduates find it

to find suitable jobs.

An un-mandatory retirement age is another factor leading to the youth

unemployment for college graduates. Along with the improving of working

efficiency, proficient employees with rich and extensive working experience get

retired at a much later age. In this case, for young graduates, there are fewer

chances to get access to the jobs taken up by the older and more

experienced.

随着网络的普及，我们已迈入了信息时代的21世纪，在大家的生活中计算机已经成为了必不可少的东西。人们足不出户就可以再计算机上了解社会上的一切信息。做到了吃在“计算机”，穿在“计算机”，购物在“计算机”，甚至可以在计算机上进行交友，计算机、网络简直成了万能的东西，给我们的生活带来了不少便捷，但是网络并不是没有风险的，在网络中也存在一些安全问题。当你在进行网络活动的时候，你的计算机有可能正在遭受着危险，你的个人信息遭到了泄露。因此在我们使用计算机的同时要注意自己的计算机是否遭到了危险。

现在“山寨版”的网站在网络上横行，在正版和山寨之间你根本分不清哪个是真的，山寨版达到了以假乱真的地步，被其欺骗的人不在少数。大家在浏览网页的同时要注意其网页排布，不要被欺骗。

网络虽好但并不是万能的，在网络上有很多的陷阱，有很多的骗局，当你每打开一个网页的时候你应该注意其网页的是否正规，不要上了不法分子的当，被骗去钱物，注意自，己在网络上的信息公布，不要去打开那些不安全的网络，支付钱财等方式更要注意自己的账户的安全。黑客大家更要注意，熊猫烧香病毒入侵了不少人的电脑。

网络虽好，大家也要注意自己的信息和自己的账户的安全，不要特意上别人的当，时刻关注与自己相关的事。注意自己的安全，了解网络存在的安全，为自己能健康上网打下基础，同时也为自己的安全提供保障。养成健康上网的好习惯，不要让那些有机分有可乘之机，这样不但加强了自身的安全保障，也让自己不在为自己在网络上的信息而担心。

When a guest comes to my home from afar on a cold night, I light bamboo to

boil tea to offer him. Ancient Chinese poem.China is the home country of tea.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to

Japan and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing

dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. In the early period of the 17th century,

Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper class adopted the fashion of

drinking tea. Chinese tea like Chinese silk and china has become synonymous

worldwide with refined culture. At the heart of the culture of tea the study and

practice of tea in all its aspects is the simple gesture of offering a cup of

tea to a guest that for Chinese people today is a fundamental social custom, as

it has been for centuries.China traces the development of tea as an art form to

Lu Yu, known as the Saint of Tea in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang

Dynasty and who wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise on tea and tea

culture. The spirit of tea permeates Chinese culture, and throughout the country

there are many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts and tea

customs. Better-known places to enjoy a good cup of tea in China include Beijing

noted for its variety of teahouses; Fujian and Guangdong provinces and other

places in the southeast of China that serve gongfu tea, a formal serving of tea

in tiny cups; the West Lake in Hangzhou, also the home of the Tea Connoisseurs

Association, noted for its excellent green tea; and provinces in southwest China

like Yunnan where the ethnic groups less affected by foreign cultures retain tea

ceremonies and customs in original tea-growing areas.

Scientists

believe an animal source is "the most likely primary source" but that some

human-to-human transmission has occurred.

科学家认为动物是“最有可能的初始感染源”，不过，也有一些人传人的病例。

Signs

of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and

breathing difficulties.

感染症状包括：呼吸道症状，发烧，咳嗽，呼吸短促，呼吸困难等。

2019-nCoV,

as its been labelled, is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus that has

not previously been identified in humans.

这种新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV)此前未在人类身上发现过。

Coronaviruses

are a broad family of viruses, but only six (the new one would make it seven)

are known to infect people.

冠状病毒是一个庞大的病毒家族，目前已知会感染人类的有六种(新发现的这种是第七种)。

今天已经是放假的第六天了。天气晴朗，不过下午还下了一场“降温雨”。下午我上了qq和我的好朋友陈建涛、关孝熙聊天，我对小陈说;“今天我们一起玩CF好吗?”“我听说孝熙也在玩。”小陈说：“好啊!他一玩我们就一起打他。”孝熙听了就说：“好你个小子竟然夹攻，我和你拼命。”小陈和我都比孝熙的级高，我的职位是中士、小陈职位是上士而新来的孝熙职位是二等兵。

下午4：00到了，我和小陈、孝熙一块玩游戏。我们玩生化幽灵。我拿着阻击枪瞄准好孝熙，嘣的一声他扣血了。然后我就捡到一把机枪“汤姆逊冲锋枪”哇威力无比，不一会儿就把孝熙给杀得半血，我又捡了补给“M60-A”机枪哇!这一支更爽，不一会儿吧4000多血的生化给杀了。最后我们玩了歼灭模式，拿着散弹枪冲向敌人的营地杀了一个片甲不流，我居然作了ACE。其实，在放假期间有时放松一下也是可以的。有时和朋友聊聊天也很开心的

Since I was small, I have heard about the Great Wall, it is very long, a

lot of people come to Beijingto watch it. In China, there is an old saying“One

who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero”. As it is so famous, I want to

the site when I have a chance. I see many pictures about the Great Wall on the

books, I also watch it through TV. Every time I see it, I feel so eager to reach

there. My father traveled there once, he took many pictures, this is the first

time I feel so close to the site. I must work hard, so I can have money to go to

there.

Nowadays with the ever rapid development and increasing popularity of the

information technology , shopping on the internet has been a fashion especially

among the youngsters.

Online shopping has made our daily life more convenient and comfortable.

For example , shopping on the internet can save students a great deal of time on

the way between home and store, so they would be able to concentrate more time

and energy on their academic work. The internet has shorten the distance between

manufacturers and consumers and thus we can even buy goods in other countries

.On the other hand , lack of the face to face deal makes online shopping less

reliable and trustworthy. What’ s more the delivery will increase the risk of

items’ damage.

In my opinion, shopping on the internet is a irreversible trend. More and

more people will be accustomed to it. It will be much more popular in the near

future. And at the same time we should take some measures to make it

perfect.

这种震荡最终将达到何种程度，今天无法预料也许它根本没有最终。它对教育已经产生的影响，人们评价各异，褒贬不一。比如，对于学生接触网络的现象，有人认为这是素质教育应该提倡的，并将其视为信息时代教育改革的必然结果；但是相当多的人却认为这会影响学生的正常学习，而且网络上不健康的信息将有害于学生的成长。具体到语文教学上，我注意到这样一种有意思的现象，一些教师一方面赶时髦似的将电脑多媒体技术生搬硬套地强加到语文教学中以体现其现代教育气息，而一方面对学生上网忧心忡忡，甚至竭力反对，担心学生网络技术在一天天增强的同时各种能力却在弱化（比如不再接触社会生活，不再读经典名著，传统书写和写作技能下降等等），于是呼吁要让学生的语文学习回归传统。

网络时代如何进行语文教学？

语文教学离不开对学生进行读写训练，而读写又离不开生活中的人际交往和交流。古人说：读书破万卷，下笔如有神。又说：读万卷书，行万里路。这正是说的读写与交往的关系。因此，多年来我们提倡学生多读多写并走向生活，的确是符合语文学习的特点的，而且这个特点至今仍然未变。但是，在互联网技术发展到今天，我们应该思考语文教学如何在保持其特点的同时又体现出鲜明的时代性，并随时代的发展而发展。否则，固守被僵化了的所谓传统必然取消语文教学本身。

互联网的发展是不可抗拒的，它对学生的诱惑更是难以抵御的。我们应该对此加以研究，对学生进行引导，最大程度地发挥其积极因素并限制其消极影响。我认为，对语文教学而言，网络将带来阅读方式、写作方式和交往方式的革命，我们应该将这种革命融入新一轮语文教学改革，使语文教学获得新的生命力。

网络将带来阅读方式的革命。传统的阅读方式是书籍阅读，阅读的过程更强调朗读、吟诵和咀嚼，在这样的阅读中获取精神养料，提高读写能力，所谓熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟。但熟读唐诗三百首得有个前提，就是不学数理化，不学外语，也没有电影、电视、电脑等现代娱乐方式和媒体的诱惑。而今天的孩子正处在这中诱惑的包围之中，这正是孩子们今天语文学习和我们进行语文教学必须面对的现实条件。如何在有限的时间里获取更多的有用信息？这是网络时代给我们提出的课题，也是网络对阅读方式提出的挑战。与传统阅读相比，网络阅读不仅仅是阅读载体发生了变化，而还具有信息多、内容新和阅读速度快的特点。面对网络，读者更多的不是诵读，而是选择。我当然不是说要用网络阅读完全代替传统阅读，如果这样也是很可怕的，因为这就将意味着传统的中断乃至终结。但是，我们在继续对学生进行传统阅读训练的同时，也应该主动指导学生正确地进行网络阅读。在网络阅读中，传统过程中的读书笔记、资料卡片、圈点勾画等等方式都已经不需要了，而网络阅读有着其自身的一套方法。如何选择需要的信息？如何搜索相关的主题？如何在众多的信息中辨析有用的信息？如何在电脑上编辑储存这些信息？等等。这都需要教师对学生进行指导和训练。现在许多教师的语文教学都在进行研究性阅读的尝试，而网络阅读则为研究性阅读提供了极好的条件。

网络将带来写作方式的革命。写作需要真情实感，而真情实感源于对生活的感受和思考，这一写作原则我想永远也不会变。但网络时代的写作方式却发生了革命性的变化。这个变化，首先体现在书写工具上，由以往的纸笔相触变成键盘操作；其次体现在写作过程中，以往写作中的酝酿、草稿、修改等程序在电脑上可能完全被打破或重新排序；再次体现在文本形式上，由过去的手稿或印刷品变成了网络页面、电子邮件或软盘，人工字迹不复存在。由于这些特点，电脑（网络）写作在速度上大大优于传统写作方式。也许书写方式的变革远不止这些，但仅仅是这几点，就应该引起语文教师的关注。我们应该指导学生如何进行电脑（网络）写作，让他们能够得心应手地运用现代媒体技术表达自己的思想感情。根据我的教学体会，我认为，网络写作给语文教学带来的最大优势，是教师对学生的作文批改更加便捷而直观。过去传统的作文批改方式，是教师在学生交上的作文本上修改批语，这不但加重了教师的工作负担，而且效率很低，效果还不一定很好。现在，我们可以让学生交软盘，然后在多媒体教室里，把任何一位学生的文章展现在所有学生的电脑显示器上，让所有学生参与作文批改。另外，不少人对学生的网上用语很是忧虑，担心造成语言文字污染。我认为，语言是用来交际的，特定环境下使用特定的语义符号，只要不影响思想交流，就应该予以宽容。如果这些文字妨碍了交流，自然会被淘汰。

网络将带来交往方式的革命。语文离不开交往，因为语文本身就是人类最重要的交际工具，语文只有在交往中才有意义，才有生命。今天，我们对交往方式的理解不应该太狭隘，以为只有同一时空面对面的交往才是交际。古人曾把秀才不出门，能知天下事视为一种理想的境界，而在互联网时代，这已经不是少数人才能达到的境界了。近年来，许多网上生存实验的成功，已经证明个人与社会的交往形式可以不以物理空间的转换为必要条件。语文教学应该正视交往方式的变革，对学生进行正确的引导。比如，对于网上聊天，现在人们往往只看到其副作用，而不知道，这些副作用恰恰是我们由于没有加以引导、放任自流才产生的。许多人对网络虚拟世界存在着误解，以为虚拟世界的一切都是虚拟的，是不真实的。其实，以我的感受，虚拟世界除了交往者之间的身份姓名等因素可能是虚假的之外，思想感情往往（注意，我说的是往往）是很真实的。因为消除了任何心理障碍，没有了任何直接的利益关系，心灵之间的交流反而变得纯洁而透明起来。另外，网络所带来的交往方式的革命还体现在师生关系上，过去在传统的语文课堂上，无论教师如何强化自己的民主平等意识，站在讲台上的教师和坐在下面的学生这种客观的布局，就很难让师生之间真正有一种平等对话的关系。而在网上，每一个终端都是一个交往主体，电脑之间信息交换实际上是人与人之间的交往，这就使师生之间的交往成了真正平等的主体之间的交往。

网络所带来的阅读方式、写作方式和交往方式的革命已经并且还将继续引起语文教学的革命。语文教师不应该无视这一趋势，而应积极地迎接这一挑战，以推动语文教学事业的发展。最后，我还想强调的是，网络给语文教学所带来的主要是方式上（技术上、形式上）的变革，而非内容和精神的变革，更不是要将语文教学导向技术化的工具主义。虽然，它可能也会影响到语文教学的内容，而且也必然会丰富我们的教学手段，但作为一门人文学科，语文教学所蕴含的语文素质（包括知识、能力、思想、精神、人格、信念等等），则是不会变的；而语文教育的宗旨通过语文对学生进行人格教育，进而推动社会文明的进步，则依然是我们永远的追求。

There is nothing more important in life than the sun .Without the sun all

living things on Earth would die. The sun is a star .In the sky there are

thousands of star like the sun .They are as large as the sun and as hot as the

sun .At night you can see many stars, but in day-time you can only see one star

---the sun.

The sun is much nearer to us than any other star.That is why it books like

the biggest and brightest of all the stars .The distance of the sun from the

Earth is as much as 150 million kilometres .Most of the stars are thousands of

light years away from the Earth .

Do you know what a light year is ?Nothing in the world travels faster than

light .It travels 300,000 kilometers a second .One light year is the distance

that light travels in one year .

网络对于现在社会已经是司空见惯的了，而随着网络的迅速发展，各种来自网络的危害也接踵而至，网络暴力就是其中主要危害之一。

其实任何事情都不是凭空而起的，所有不好的事情都是发生在不好的前提下的。就现在的90后00后而言，大多都是一群唯恐天下不乱，正义感爆棚的白痴。谣言就这样以一传百、以百传千，愈演愈烈。他们正在手机，电脑以及人群后面，站在道德的制高点，毫不负责的谴责着那些他们完全不了解真相的事情。

或许有些话被被人说出口是那样的轻易，可是对于当事人而言却是毫不负责任的伤害，那些恶狠狠的话语就像是掩藏在繁华城市的灯红酒绿中的那最现实、最黑暗的爪牙。

我们在看到这些因为网络暴力而起的一桩桩悲剧，心中既有怜悯，又有害怕——在这个残酷的世界，我们是否也会在某一天，被推到全世界的背叛面？有

的时候面对这些舆论的风向或许你自己都不知道该怎么办，若是随波逐流，会被旁观者称为：“喷子”，若是逆风而行，你只会被人当做是：“喷子中一朵清新的白莲花”。呵呵，很可笑吧？记得我听说过一句话“这个世界上最黑暗肮脏的地方，永远不是越来越差的环境，永远不是城市贫穷角落的沟槽，永远不是经久不用的房子的边角也永远不是，枝叶山顶上堆起的灰尘。最肮脏的……是人心。”

我们每个人在这个网络世界中都有可能扮演受害者或是加害者。

所以，为了不让这个世界再出悲剧，也为了我们自己良心能安，放下键盘，别人的事情少参与，事实上，只要我们不去参与，网络暴力什么的就根本就不存在的。

虽然难以置信，但的确就是这样，网络暴力的危害的大小，决定权其实就在我们每个人手上。

A sunflower is a kind of beautiful and useful face is round and golden， looks like the sun. Thats why people call it sunflowers.向日葵时一种美丽而有用的植物。它的脸时圆形，金黄色，看上去像太阳，这就是为什么人们叫它为“向日葵”。 It faces the sun all the time during the autumn comes， sunflower fruit is le like eating them in their free s more， people can also make oil from them.在白天它一直面朝太阳。秋天到来时，葵花籽熟了。人们在休闲时喜欢吃葵花籽。而且，人们还用葵花籽榨油。 A sunflower brings us not only beauty but also delicious seeds.向日葵不仅给我们带来了美，而且提供了好吃的葵花籽。

My school life is very common. I get up at six o’clock every morningfrom

Monday to Friday. And the I would go running with my classmates, as our head

teacher says health is themost important thing. After running I have to do

morning exercises on theplayground. Then I can have breakfast. Having breakfast,

I need to have morningreading. Oh, I almost forget that all of the students have

to do some cleaningbefore breakfast. There come the various classes. Then noon

comes. Havinglunch, I will go to sleep. I often read twenty minutes before I

fall asleep. I haveclass in the afternoon. And I still have classes at night.

It’s boring, right? ButI have got used to it and enjoy myself at school.

“Shan Zhai” is the new words to express fake products, people use it to express the highly imitated products, some manufacturers produce the Shan Zhai products to make great profit, but it is so unfair to the customers, they pay so much money in the purpose of buying the genius stuff instead of the fake products. Fake products not only cheats people’s money, but also brings people dangers. Such as the medicine, if people buy the fake one, once they eat it, they will feel uncomfortable and get the illness, the most terrible situation is that they will kill themselves. Fake product is so harmful, though the government has taken some action to ban it, still people sold it, it is the temptation of profit that makes people sold it. What if their relatives have bought the products, so in order to keep people healthy, fake products should be banned.

“山寨”是用来表达伪劣产品的新代言词，人们使用它来表达高仿产品，一些生产商生产山寨产品以此来获取巨大的利润，但是这对于顾客来讲是不公平的，他们花费了这么多的钱，只为了买到真的产品而不是假的产品。伪劣产品不仅欺骗了人们的钱，而且给人们带来了危害。比如药，如果人们买到伪劣的，一旦服用，就会感到不舒服，生病，最严重的情形就是因此失去生命。伪劣产品是如此的有害，虽然政府已经采取了一些措施来禁止售卖，但是仍然有人兜售，他们是抵挡不住金钱的诱惑。如果他们的亲戚买了这些产品，会怎样呢，因此为了人们的健康，不要再卖伪劣产品了。

I want to grow up as soon as possible. When I grow up, I can do many things

that I can’t now. However, at the same time, I am afraid. I don’t know what my

future life would be. Look around myself, some people are busy working for

having enough food to eat and live better; some are achieving every goal that

they make; some may live in the poor situation. I don’t know what kind of life I

would have in the future. But I know that everyone’s life is in their hands. So

I will try my best to work hard for a better future life.

Every child is surrounded by the deep mother love. However, we often turn a

blind eye to the love. One day I deeply felt the love.

One day I hurried home for lunch after school, because there would be an exam

in the afternoon and I had expected to go back to school early to prepare for

the exam. But when I got home, the lunch was not ready yet. I felt unhappy. When

the dishes were served, I forund none I like. I ran out of my house angrily and

wanderde on the street for a while,hungry. Then I walked to school.

When I got into the classroom, I saw a lunch box on my desk. One classmate

told me that it was my mother ther that had brought it here.After opening the

box, I found my favorite food inside. My eyes was moist with tears.

Mother gave me her love without asking for return, How deep mother love

is!

目前，一些诸如GG、MM、 Xia Mi 等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行，并且出现在家庭作业报告，甚至全国入学考试的作文中。请你以 “Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited (禁止)?”为题，根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文，并谈谈你自己的看法。

注意：

1. 短文开头已经给出，不计入总词数; 2. 词数：100-120左右 【参考范文】

Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited?

At present， Internet Slang， such as “GG， MM， Xia Mi”， has become popular among the teenagers.

There are different opinions on Internet Slang. Some students think Internet Slang is vivid， fashionable and full of humor and intelligence. Besides， it makes chatting on the Internet quicker.( 万业宝 www.wAnyEbao.CoM )

However， some other students think Internet Slang lacks depth of thought and is too simple. Also， it is hard to understand and not accepted by most people. The words sometimes might make people confused， even resulting in misunderstanding.

Every coin has two sides. In my opinion， living in the Information Age， if we don’t know the Internet Slang， we seem to fall behind the times. It will be OK as long as these terms are used correctly in proper situations.

Many years ago, when the first computer came into being, many people

predicted the age of computer has come. Now only two decades passed, here comes

the new age of cellphone. Lets look at how people depend on the phone. They use

cellphone to work and to communicate with families and friends. With the

development of technology, online payment is popular and people just need a

cellphone to pay all the bills. How convenient it is. We are lucky to live in

the age of technology. But at the same time, if we dont control ourselves, we

will lose in the technology world, such as some children overuse cellphone and

learn nothing at all.

My school is very big and beautiful.There is a big playground and a big

garden are behind our teaching buildings. the garden is very beautiful.There are

about 2000 students and more than 200 teachers in my school.my teachers are very

kind and friendly.they are very kind to us,they often help us with our study.I

have many good friend.we often play togeter ,I have a great time in my school.we

are happy every day.I like my school very much.

everything lives with opposite forces。 the same can be said about modern technology， such asInternet。

at first glance internet offers us excitement and a worl of promise。 frankly speaking， people who have some ideas of it can not deny the merits born with the system。 for instance，it can improve proficiency in scientific research， for by means of it scientists and researchers can get a global look at the latest development in the field concerned and accordingly they need spend no time doing what has already been done。 in view of personal communication， the most convenient means could be peculiar to internet， too。

while people speak highly of internet， its drawbacks shouldnt be neglected。 sometimes， alittle fatal breakdown of the system， or a disastrous error could bring us an enormous amount of damage and loss。 meanwhile， with lnternets replacement of hooks or the written work as the main source of information， humans writing abilities are weakened and relations between people are desalinated。

however， every country on this planet should work hard to develop the system to serve us more efficiently and comfortably， because in the net all countries are interrelated。

[关于网络(Internet)高中英语作文

你们可能听说过这样的一件事情，在2006年3月22日中午11时许，甘肃省武威市青年因不满父母对其上网的责骂，就将父母杀害，而后从父亲身上搜得现金27元，又继续回网吧上网。

都说网络能够造就人才是没错，但是如果利用不当，也会使许多人的前途毁灭。一些不健康的网站和网络对同学们的毒害很大，这已经是一个不争的事实了：有的同学因为沉迷于网络，把他的大好前途给埋葬了;有的同学因为每天长时间的上网，导致视力严重下降，甚至是视网膜脱落!除此之外还有可能会得颈椎病、肩周炎等等;还有的同学因为受不良信息的影响，心中的本质开始慢慢变坏，最终，走上了不归之路。

年少青春的我们憧憬着美好的未来，然而未来却是把握在自己的手中，网络可以成就你的未来，也可以毁掉你的未来，如果你正确的去利用它，它便会给你一片光明的大好前途;如果你没有正确地去利用它，它不仅不会给你一片光明的大好前程，反而会让你渐渐迷失本质，走向人生的毁灭!

“苦口良药利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。”同学们，希望你们能够好好地认识网络的危害，去好好的利用它，而不是被它所利用和控制。好好把握自己，就是给自己一个光明的人生;不好好把握自己，就是在扼杀自己的人生。

The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled， pain-free lifestyle

equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real

happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to

unhappiness. But in fact，the opposite is true： more often than not things that

lead to happiness contain some pain.

As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true

happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as

marriage，raising children，professional achievement， religious commitment，

self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be

less and less satisfying. If he is honest，he will tell you that he is afraid of

making a commitment，for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is

filled with fun， adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are

not its most distinguishing features.

Couples，with infant children， are lucky to get a whole nights sleep of a

three-day vacation. We dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to

describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever

know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun

is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time： now we can devote

more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates

money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now

seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those

who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.