Electronics

Although adults who didn’t have cell phones and computers when they were growing up think that all of this “screen time” is bad for children it really is not, “screen time” is actually good for kids, phones and computers help the human population communicate faster and more efficiently, the average social media user has more close ties, and the opportunities outweigh the so called “distractions”.

Children are replacing physical activity with video games, YouTube, Netflix, text messaging, and social media accounts. Instead of going outside on a nice, sunny day, they would much rather stay indoors and play on their IPod, IPhone, tablets, or computers. In Jim Taylor’s article, there were studies done on children and screen time. While most researchers thought that children did not spend that much time on their devices due to busy schedules, they were shocked to find out that children are just multitasking. They are texting, playing video games, and watching videos or movies in between their free times, or even while doing their homework. Children are becoming less active and more dependent on their devices.

Now, many of us may know a parent that hands their child a tablet or phone to keep their child busy so they can do their own work. Well, this has a very negative consequence on the child because just like alcohol, drugs, and gambling, items such as electronic devices that may seem harmless at first, can actually be very obsessive. These devices are so chronic and habitual that you tend to get isolated from the real world, and since you aren’t managing to do any physical exercise or movement, this could possibly result as a physical handicap. Parents don’t realize this is an issue until their child faces actual circumstances. Technology does not only have negatively influenced physical effects, but it also has a psychological impact. The overuse of electronic devices may cause impairment in the development of a child’s social skills. This includes the ability of to make friends, talking to others in a respectful and polite manner, displaying good behavior, and controlling temper and emotions. A child who uses technology extensively can become socially isolated which can lead to many other things such as loneliness, low self-esteem and low self-worth, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. In every child’s life, their childhood is the most crucial part of their _________ journey. It's that time of life where whatever a child learns, that learning will continue on and affect their on-going future. The negative things will misguide them from a very young age, and same goes for these children that use technology

It’s universal for parents to hand their children electronic tablets while at home or in the car. This establishes habits of not socializing or envisaging.

“Screen-time Is Making Kids Moody, Crazy and Lazy” is an article about how electronics affect a person’s behavior, more specifically, a child’s behavior. Dunckley states, “…interactive screen-time is more likely to cause sleep, mood, and cognitive issues, because it’s more likely to cause hyper arousal and compulsive use.” She lists six reasons how electronics alter our moods.

In the article “How to cut children’s screen time? say no to yourself first.” It talks about how screen time should be limited for everyone. Many kids and dults are so attached to their electroicanic devices that they forgot how to interact with people. Two experts at the harvard school of public health, Steven Cortmarker and Kaley Skapinky, introduce a free quide, “out smarting the smart screens: A parent’s quide to the tools that are here to help” as well as healthy activites that can limit excessive screen time. Steiner-Adair is concerned about parental failure to pay full attaction to their children “at the critical time of the day, like when taking children to and from school.” She urge parents to establish a device-free times of day,

electronics that is not relevant to work; people need to prioritize on what is most important. By

People in today’s society have a psychological need for electronics therefore we release more every time we have a chance, what researchers are trying to figure out is, are the effects of using electronics helping or hurting our society. Mangan informs the reader that “while having the latest and greatest electronic devices can be fun, necessary, or both, our addiction to them comes at a high cost to ourselves and our planet.” Ramey agrees with Mangan saying that “Technology and a human life cannot be separated; society has a cyclical codependence on technology. We use technology; depend on technology in our daily life and our needs and demands for technology keep on rising.” However, he also gives examples of how they are useful. Ramey goes on saying “It’s poor application has resulted into the

By setting in place time limits, parents can help their children to be more connected with the real world rather than their phone or device. Doctor Richard Graham, Adolescent Psychologist, say that: "It is important to restrict the time children spend using technology to help prevent forming an unhealthy dependence" (Daily Mail). Since technology is alluring to kids, they have to have parameters set so that they will not develop attachment to a device, and in turn overuse it. An important aspect to prevent the overuse of technology in young kids is to not allow television or tablets to be kept in the child's room. Television and such being kept in a child's room makes it harder for the parent to monitor how much time the child is actually spending on electronics (Scientific America). The basis of becoming attached to using a device is by allowing children to overuse them, and there must be careful rules set in place by the parents to ensure that the waste of valuable time does not

Children who use tech devices on a daily base takes away bondment from one another. Parents giving children tech devices, which is causing children to be attached to it. Putting children aside to make

My younger brother spends the entirety of his day connected to some form of electronic entertainment. This is no exaggeration: he watches videos on his phone as soon as he wakes up, plays games on his computer until my mom convinces him to have breakfast, misses lunch (as it would interfere with his eight hour PlayStation marathon), has dinner in front of the TV, and finishes his day playing various apps until he falls asleep in the early hours of the morning. From what I have heard from friends about their siblings, this scenario is not uncommon. Watching my brother migrate from device to device calls into question how much control we have over this omnipresent temptation. It is clear that technology is taking over our lives by changing how

The second reason why modern technology contributes to negative health problems is that children independently use technology, which impact on their social development and relationship. As the age of the kids, the majority of them still cannot control or understand how to limit themselves from their wants. Some children spend so much time playing computer and video games all alone that they are losing their ability to socialize with others, families and friends. Children can averagely spend six hours each day watching television or

The last reason that I want to mention in this paper is that when parents are continually using their phones and electronic devices, they aren’t paying the necessary amount of attention to their children. Which in turn, puts them in danger. There was an article written about parents not paying attention to their children in playgrounds. Cell phones are not the only distraction to parents, but ultimately it is the

Electronics create a mental purgatory for the user. People have lost contact with the outside world that their minds have adapted

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.