Are Phones Affecting Kids And Teens

Although technology can help with purchasing items, and coming up with clever things to say, it can also expose things you want nobody to know. Your privacy being invaded can be caused by an addiction to technology, like cell phones, which is just as harmful. Any kind of technology, including the feed, can easily become an addiction. In the article “Generation Wired”, the author explains how phones are a lifeline for teens, as a way of life. This can cause addiction, which is “affecting our kids' social and intellectual development”.

Teens are always on their phones. Whether it’s at the store, school, or even driving. Teenagers are losing communication skills, getting into fights more, and getting distracted in school. These are the effects of teens getting on their phone way too much.

Most of us remember all the excitement that came with getting our first phone. Like many others I got my first phone after 8th grade right before I became a freshman. From the second I got into my car after leaving the store I was on my phone constantly until bedtime that night then proceeded into the same thing the following day. Like any other present, most people are addicted to using it all the time then it slowly fades out into now forgetting ever have received that present. However, when it comes to phones, they become addicting for years. Especially with texting many people become consumed in wanting to respond right when the message goes through or wanting to use abbreviations to respond in the quickest way possible. This may lead to

To start with, many kids feel not loved when their parents go on their phone. I believe that on a larger scale parents use their phone more than they should. To support this on the article Kids Feel Unimportant to Cell Phone-Addicted Parents, over than 6,000 kids were surveyed ages 8-16. The children were from Brazil,Australia,Canada,France,The United Kingdom,Germany, The Czech Republic and United States. The surveyed found that 32 percent of kids felt unimportant when their parents were

Technology is always growing and in today’s world texting is a part of everyday life. Texting makes it easy to send and receive quick replies when you can not get on the phone to talk. Teenagers can know right away if something is wrong, or simply send someone a text to let them know they will be late. Texting has increased greatly in popularity and is now one of the main forms of communication among teenagers. However, I believe that this way of communicating has resulted in long lasting, negative effects for some teenagers.

In everyday life, people communicate through text messaging. Text messaging has become wildly popular since phone companies started advertising that messages could be sent over a network and whoever it was being sent to would receive it instantly. In an article about the amount of text messages Canadians sent in 2013 it states “…with 24 billion person-to-person texts occurring in Q1 2013, an average of 270 million per day” (6.para.1). The main question is, how many text messages do teenagers send per day during school hours? It will become apparent that texting during school hours affects the performance that teenagers put forward with their school work and homework. By looking at the issues of texting during school and at home, this topic will be related with teaching and peer tutoring.

50% of teens believe that they are addicted to their phones. In Kelly Wallace's article, “Half of Teens Think They’re Addicted to Their Smartphones” she said that “Nearly 80% of teens in the new survey said they checked their phones hourly.” Teens also feel the need to immediately respond to texts no matter what situation that they are in. Parents are starting to see that smartphones are controlling their kids as well. 59% of parents believe that their children are addicted. These results came from a poll of 1.240 people with kids from ages 12 to 18. Some parents have set rules in place to limit the amount of time that their kids spend on mobile devices. A few parents have even said that they didn’t allow their kids to have a smartphone until

Teens are becoming more distracted than ever before. “Experts say each beep, chime, or chirp seizes your attention, triggering [a] fight-or-flight response” (Kaminski). The urge to look at the notification that popped up on the screen of a cell phone, “comes from a chemical called dopamine” (Kaminski). The chemical makes it difficult to resist all the notifications a teen receives. “After [the] false alarm pumps adrenaline through [his or her] body, it takes [his or her] brain up to 30 minutes to regain focus” (Kaminski). “Technology [also] makes it harder for [one] to focus and get work done” (Lewis). When using a cell phone it takes the brain 30 minutes to attain a state of concentration needed to conclude a task in hand (Lewis). However, “It takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a single task, and one makes up to 50 percent more errors” (Kaminski). How much time does a teen spend looking at a phone-in-hand? [An] “average teenager spends more than 7 hours a day looking at a phone, tablet, laptop, or TV” (Lewis). Furthermore, a teen spends more than 53 hours on, or in front of a technical device per week (Lewis). Is the communication on a cell phone overwhelming the lives of teens? Despite the daily conversations a teen has in person, one will send and receive more than 3,339 texts just in one month alone (Lewis). Kristen Lewis, author of “Your Phone Could

Todd Starkweather is a general studies program director at South University. He believes many people are addicted to their cell phones. “Starkweather says its up to the students weather or not they choose to spend class time listening and learning, or wasting their time on the phone.” Todd Starkweather sees it everyday in his class. As long as his students aren’t disturbing his class he does not report it. As for the

One way that teens are being impacted by over using their cell phones is emotionally. A study by Adriana Bianchi, and James G. Phillips showed the more teens use their phones the more likely they are to be anxious, depressed, and have a low self-esteem

People who use their downtime on cell phones are damaging their brains. The brain will have a side effect and would cause the brain to shrink a lot because so much brain activity. (Source 8) It is always important to make sure the website you use is not going to hack your personal business. You should never share your personal information online anyways.(Source 3) An important study show “cell phones emit radio frequency energy this is a type of radiation” texting could lead to decline in language skills. (Source 8) Teens who text a lot studies show kids fail grammar text. (Source 4) Teens don’t be focus at school with cell phones. Cellphone is like a cheat sheet shouldn’t be allow in school. Students cheat on test using electronic devices I feel this is very heart broken. Teens get to college and can’t remember anything they were taught in high school. People who use the internet has twice as much brain activity on the brain. Cell phones has become a significant impact on the brain cells. (Source 9) Using cellphones are increasing the glucose metabolism. The brain is already processed to have an early step forward for cancer.

Multitasking is hard enough and if teens are doing this in the classroom that means that kids are not learning enough while staring at their phones while the teacher is teaching. Having said this a study from Pew research center stated that “78 percent of teens check their devices hourly”, this is insane. If that is true that means on average a student will at least look at her/his device once per class period. As being a student in high school i find this to be very true. Another study from Pew Research center stated that “50% of teens 13-18 feel addicted to their phones”, this means that means separating from their phones will be tough.

Children are now receiving phones sooner than in years past, and due to this technological development being fairly new there is not much history to compare to. I chose to research the impact of mobile phones on adolescents, because not many people are aware of the impact it can bring. There is no set answer as to whether or not mobile phones are good or bad, to base decisions off of. I want people to be able to use this information to recognize the impact in their lives and use it to influence their decisions. This research was particularly difficult because there are many gaps and older information found within the studies. Comprehensive findings explain how mobile phones can benefit adolescents in social behavior development, and negatively impact adolescent relationships; however, it does not explain whether they will carry into adulthood.

Every single one of us owns a smartphone or uses a phone a close relative of ours owns. If you deny this, there is a very high chance you are lying because over 75 percent of teens have access to smartphones. We are always told by our parents that we spend too much time on our phones and it’s true. Kids as young as three are learning to watch YouTube. As a result, smartphones can be detrimental to our health. This raises concerns among researchers and even parents: how young is too young for a smart Phones?

With all the advancements in technology taking place there has been a lot of good that has come with it. Modern medicine, automobiles, and the cell phone which allows people to connect instantly. However with all the good things that have come with technology, there have also been bad things as well. One such thing would be cyberbullying and the addiction of smartphones. Smartphones have affected adolescents in ways previously not thought possible, such as causing poor social skills, addiction, and being used to cyberbully. Adolescents must be educated about the responsibility that comes with owning a smartphone. Smartphones should not be given to kids until they reach high school, because