Negative Effects Of Technology On Children

In today’s world Technology is everywhere. We use computers for almost everything in everyday life, including “babysitting” our children. Computers can have both positive and negative effects on children, while some of the negative effects on health and development are unseen. As adults, we understand the physical world around us and the concepts inside computer programs. Children, on the other hand, need to learn this with traditional play and outdoor activities. Adults, over about 30, know the world without computers. Our younger generations are starting to use computers at very a young age. They are maturing in a world of instant answers and satisfaction.

Students around America all use the new technology that the government has funded them. The government is putting more and more technology into schools hoping that it will help the students learn more. In fact, the new technology is not helping, but making things worse for the younger adolescence. It is destroying the minds of students, in which, teachers/parents do not realize. Computers and IPads are being use every day throughout the school system to “teach” children. “We live in a high-tech world-with high-tech classrooms,” states Pamela Deloatch. All schools embrace the ability to have electronics during class, but in the end, it can be astonishing how effective they can be. With online classes, it can be hard to get away from technology, so children can try to open a textbook—instead of looking up their answers. Although technology has become an important part in the school system, it will continue to destroy the minds of younger adolescence, and there are many reasons for this.

Tears spill over the crystal clear blue eyes of the blond little boy. Screaming at the top of his lungs, he shakes the dead iPad as if his life depends on playing Super Mario Run. Like this little boy, many children today are extremely familiar with and even dependent on technology. In the 1980s, children may have had Nintendo Entertainment Systems and Gameboys, but that does not compare to the smartphones, tablets, and game devices that exist today. Children, people under the age of eighteen, who grew up in the 80s had to suffice with playing with action figures or participating in activities such as board games, tag, and hopscotch. Although kids obviously still do these things today, technology has become a huge part of many of their lives. According to one magazine, 75% of children under the age eight use mobile devices (Fast Company). Technology can be beneficial when used for education; however, if not monitored by parents, children can become addicted. Children’s play has greatly shifted towards technology, and it can negatively affect their mental and physical health.

Look around you, you will see people using phones or computers to keep themselves entertained organized, and document their lives using apps and social media. Entertainment on one's phone comes from playing games, watching netflix, or listening to music. Phones help people be organized by waking them up using the alarm, setting a reminder, and staying in touch with others. Technology like social media sites like SnapChat, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.. As you can see society has become overly dependent on technology for three reasons, and it negatively affects children, it's a distraction and addicting.

Technology is defined as a knowledgeable and skillful tool that provides a service to individuals. Technology and digital media are tools that are used for teaching and learning. I will show how technology can positively impact young children and how it can be used to benefit young children. According to Positive Parenting technology and digital media provides the following benefits:

Herbert Hoover once said “children are our most valuable natural resource.” This is becoming less true as the changes of today’s society become less natural and more vulnerable as children become more reliant on technology. We do not live in a country where children develop their own forms of play, but instead they turn to a multitude of different devices to find entertainment.

Technology can lead to long periods of staring at an electronic screen. Children who spend more time online, playing video games, or watching television tend to be far more obese than a child who plays outside during free time. Children who spend more time playing on electronics inside also tend to eat more snacks throughout the day than a child who is playing outside. Excess fat being consumed without exercise can lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart problems. Less exposure to face-to-face interactions can lead to emotional problems and bullying in children.

Technology companies played a role in creating something that changed people’s lives because now technology is relied on in most cases. People use technology for things like studying for quizzes, homework, and all sorts of things. Before when no one had electronics to look up things with. Everyone had to use their resources like books, pagers, friends, or use their brain in general. Nowadays technology is such a huge thing especially for students because they do not have to open a book and read it. All students have to do is grab their phone, tablet, or computer and look it up. Technology is a big concern and it is now affecting how students think and there way of learning. Whereas before no one could rely on technology but rely on themselves to get information. Technology has taken over the world and has made students not even think twice about what they are doing.

Technology varies widely from one decade to the next. The invention of the television increased the usage technology during the 80s. While the invention of computers rose the use of technology in the 90s. Once seen as an improvement to the society, technology has now become a problem. Numerous versions of technology now exist to create technological distractions. Computers, cell phones, and video games stand the leading distractions in today’s society. Technology began small but, with great advancements technology has gone too far. Youth remain greatly affected by technology. Since technology has become a normal routine for youth, they fail to realize the problem occurring. Older individuals who grew up without as much technology, can point out the issue easily. Technology affects today’s youth negatively because it distracts, promotes violence, and lowers independence.

Technology nowadays is more accessible than ever before because younger and younger children are being given this technology to use this is not the child’s fault though the parents of the kids are the ones giving them access to these devices, while this is helpful for the children’s development of their ICT skills for the future, which is now more than ever in the job market going into the future. It has detrimental effects on family relations and the majority of children would much rather talk to their friends online than to talk with their family. It is not only mobile phones and such that have a detrimental effect on families, some television shows parents in a bad light. Parents of these children try to overcome this divide not by trying to communicate with their children face to face, but by accessing these social media platforms for themselves (Around 50% of parents) and keeping track of what their kids are doing through that method, which would be an effective technique. That is if their children will accept their parents' friend requests or follows, this is especially a problem in the teenage years when the kids are trying to push their parents away. This is a prime example of how social networks and the technology that allows it creates a communication gap in the families of today’s world. This issue is also made worse as many parents have little to no skills in the use of technology, which is obviously a stumbling block when it comes to even setting up the accounts

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Over the past decade, technological advancements continue to increase and raise the standard of living expectations of children and adults. With this, it has created a very powerful impact on the economy. Many have biased viewpoints regarding technology’s rapid growth. It has many positives and negatives that can harm and improve our society which has created a digital divide. The constant changes in technology have taught children a different way of understanding and interpreting information, and it has inhibited the use of personal experiences and thinking capabilities for many children.

As generations go by, we as humans are constantly introduced to new and improved technology. With a touch of a button, children today can view and access anything they desire within seconds. IPhones, iPads, tablets, and computers have had a rising amount of users, which has led to growth in social media usage. In fact, it has been stated by author of “Cyberbullying: CQR”, Thomas J. Billitteri, “More than 90 percent of teens are online. More than half of online teens have social networking sites” (388). Moreover, technology is thoroughly encouraged, even in schools for children of all ages. Those in elementary school learn through iPads instead of hardcover books, whereas high school or college students complete and submit assignments online, replacing hard copies. However, these technologies may not be as beneficial as society perceives. Children today have been negatively impacted by new technology through cyberbullying, addiction, distraction, and violence. Although cell phones and social media are extremely common, many are questioning whether these devices are helping or hindering this generation’s adolescents.

These days times are changing, increasingly fast, technology advances are leaping us ahead faster than we could have imagined and this has been a major component of the rapid velocity of today 's society (Walker, 2005). Most people of today find they are rushing everywhere, be it getting to work or getting home from work, even getting our children to and from their activities is a rush to complete; In current times, we expect everything to be done the moment it is requested, most of us have access to emails, messages and phone calls instantly due to mobile phones and devices however, even with the benefits of our technological advances, people don’t seem to be any happier, healthier or wiser for it (Walker, 2005). With our fast paced,

The development of technology has also allowed teens to find the answer to a problem using little or no brainpower and instead using the buttons on cell phones and computers to answer a problem. Surprisingly, teens automatically seem to know the answer to any question related to technology or media related questions. SoundVision states the percentage of teenagers thirteen through seventeen who can name the city where the US Constitution was written (Philadelphia) is twenty-five percent while the percentage of teenagers thirteen through seventeen who know where you find the zip code 90210 (Beverly Hills) is seventy-five (SoundVision). The technological growth has not only cut the communication between parents and their children, weaken the minds of the youth, and create a dependency to it that can be similar to an addiction, but it has also affected the educational level of students and made youth more vulnerable to the dangers technology brings. In the field of Communications we used technology to broaden our ways to communicate with individuals and society as a whole. Mass media uses social networking sites as a way to keep in contact with their audience and However, as we echnology has altered the way life was once lived where youth relied on themselves and others to communicate and solve social, mental, and personal problems now, youth now depend on the touch of a button to communicate and solve their problem.