Debate Over Stimulated And Overly Connected

Society is changing rapidly because of the ever changing advancements. Many classes are now online, tests are online, homework assignments are online, and there are apps for everything. Many tasks that were once thought of as strenuous and annoying, can now be done with a couple finger taps. It is incredible how far technology has come, and the present generation has no idea what it would have been like without all of this technology. Technology is continuing to change, and this generation is becoming more adapt to changes. Every year something different changes, and society again has to adapt. It can be hard to adapt sometimes, but this adaptation requires active participation from society, which could explain why adolescents cannot get away from their phones. According to Adam Thierer, adapting to technology is “a learning process, and we humans are good at rolling with the punches and finding new baselines along the way” (Thierer, “Again, We Humans Are Pretty Good at Adapting to Technological Change”). Thierer is right when he says this. Teenagers minds are very pliable, and they are willing to accept new changes. They have not yet gotten to the stubborn stage of their lives, and they can adapt

Children can replace sit-time with play-time where they can ride bikes, walk around, play on play sets, or join a sports club. When children stay active it can help with weight control. Parents can limit screen time to a certain duration. Also, parents can make bedrooms free from television and internet use, making television a privilege. For example, children could finish their homework and their chores, then after that is finished reward them. Parents should suggest playing games, going outside, doing some sort of craft or hobby. There are endless numbers of possibilities of non-screen time activities to keep your child busy and active ("How TV Affects Your Child"). The Nemours Foundation states that to “limit how much children see commercials on television, parents can record programs and fast forward through the commercials, buy or rent movies that their children like to watch” ("How TV Affects Your Child" ). Children can still have some screen time; however, parents want to keep the television to a minimum and limit the commercials that can convince their children to want unnecessary

Technology and computer screens consume our society. Many kids these days spend countless hours in front of a T.V. screen, computer screen, smartphone or tablet. Children very rarely spend time outside playing, building play houses or hide and go seek with their friends. Parents spend their time watching the news, reading emails even on the computer doing homework or catching up on the latest drama on Facebook. There is very little family time spent with children asking them how there day was or what they learned in school. This leads to an even bigger issue; No structure in the home. When we choose to spend little to no quality time with our family; a lot goes to waste. Our children have no respect for parents, they grow up with

Studies show that over the past thirty years, children have seen their free time evaporate. For example, adolescents today

Now, I know that some people are very passionate about their clubs and that's fine, but me, on the other hand, I just want to go home after school. School is already hard enough and having to go to a club until 4 is exhausting. Plus, if you have an event or a family thing going on after school, you will have to miss a day of your club. This will most likely lead you to missing more days of your club, leading you to get kicked out. People also have doctors appointments. Can't miss those! As you can clearly see, students have busy lives outside of school

Imagine a young elementary student that would have to walk home by them self everyday from school because their older brother or sister can not be there because they have an activity to do. Others may already have a activity outside after school that they do that is not in school. They may like that activity a

No matter how different our childhoods were, we can all relate to the dragging responsibilities at home; primarily, taking care of family. Our families need more attention than an after school club. They need our care and support to do the things that they desire to do. We can't shun them for a club that we are forced to do. Parents rely on older siblings to take care of the younger ones, or even an elder that needs care. Lots of families would have to change their plans, and that is a huge inconvenience. Families also enjoy spending

Many teens lead very busy lives, especially during the school week. Most teens don’t just wake up, go to school, and then go home. Many also participate in extra-curricular activities, which could be

As a parent, having my children making only connections with an electronic device and having next to none social interactions is concerning to me because the way I am raising my children is totally different and I am now at a lost trying to implement my parenting against their education, it contradicts the values that I am teaching my children at home.

The use of technology is to abundant with growing teens. They mostly get side tracked when, "when the kids have the devices at there house it interferes with the kid and teens relationship with their

How many of us the first thing he or she do after wake up is check snapchat or Facebook or anything else. Many students’ cell phone his replace their friend, family, and their school. They have to realize that it is not good for them. I just wonder what is it like to be without a cell phone. I will prepare will not find an answer to that question because cell phone becomes part of my body.Just take a look around next time you’re out and you’ll see the effects of our collective addiction to technology. Can you remember the last time you were in a public space and didn’t see someone glued to their phone? We’re just giving teachers yet another mountain to climb in their efforts to reach students. Expecting teens to focus with smartphones in their reach is absurd. Almost as absurd as the idea that our kids need to be able to reach us via their own phone every time they leave the house. A lot of the

I have a smartphone myself, but I would always prefer going out and talking to people, than sitting around a table watching a video or playing a game on my phone. This is wrong. Things like this shouldn’t be happening and it’s even more worrying when we talk about primary school kids that have a whole life in front of themselves. If this is what they will do when they will have families this world will be a disastrous one to live in. Just imagine a world in which instead of going out

The problem is occurring in the more populated areas that have more students than they have money. Given that these areas have a higher poverty rate, many of these children are struggling to find post school activities. The problem has grown larger as more and more parents go to work every day and don’t get home until after their children get off. Also, that the wealth distribution in the US is getting much worse and that causes situations in which children are in need of healthy and controlled activities.

Many parents feel that extracurricular activities cost too much money. These activities require the payment of fees which makes it difficult for some parents to afford them especially if they live in poverty. Living in poverty affects the families in emotional and social ways and because of this, the parents don’t have much time, money, or energy to focus on putting their child in an after-school activity. Another problem with putting a child in this type of activity is that they may not like it and decide not to stay in it. At this age, students are not as motivated to stick with things and if they don’t like it they automatically want to quit. Once this happens, the parent feels like their hard-earned money has been wasted so why try to encourage the child to join something. Some parents even believe that extracurricular activities can cause teenagers to not take their school work seriously. Education comes first over extracurricular activities to parents, so if they see their child falling off with their school work the parent feels the child should not be in it. Their main concern is whether the child will be able to juggle school work and after school activities. Although these concerns and points are extremely important to parents, they must also look at the positive outcomes of letting their children join an

It has obviously become more apparent that children nowadays, from early stages in life get whatever they want and whenever they want it - no questions asked. As a teenager born in 1999, I find this to be true and realise we do not know how to make sensible use of scarce resources - we tend to stay in the house on a hot summer’s day a lot more than what we used to as children, texting away to each other - whereas when we were kids, we didn 't have phones - the garden and our streets and local parks