Does Technology Negatively Affected Our Society?

Many people have a fear of children spending too much time in front of screens. Screen time isnt always a bad thing though. Technology has improved throughout the years, and it's no longer necessary to fear it. Screen use and technology have been proven to be essential parts of our everyday life. It only makes sense to encourage our children to take part in reaping the many benefits it has to offer.

Jim Taylor’s article included a breakdown of the amount spent on technology which was 25% on social media, 19% on video games, 16% on video sites, and 13% on texting. About 97% of children between the age of twelve and seventeen play video games, and by the age of

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under the age of two years have no screen time, with the exception of video chatting. Children younger than two benefit from a hands-on learning approach, therefore, introducing them to a digital device takes away time they need to be socially interactive to develop their cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional skills. By the age of two, and through the preschool aged years it is recommended that children have no more than 1 ½ hours of screen time per week, and that screen time should be monitored to ensure it is educational as well as age appropriate. There are even television channels and computer applications that are dedicated to creating educational, engaging, and enjoyable content for such young viewers, however, it should be noted that

Technology has been part of our daily live more frequently than before. Screen time has been more popularly used on kids and adolescents. On a daily bases many kids seem to spend more time inside on their tablets, instead of having to spend time with other kids. This is a problem that is becoming more popular over the years,on whether kids need to spend that much time on technology or not. Parents either seem to have strict technology usage, or they either don’t. There has always been a huge controversy with experts, who either think that screen time is beneficial or could cause problems later on in life. There are many views towards this topic, from hurting kids brains, to helping them during school, and socially.

The purpose of the research article from the scholarly journal Childhood Education (2014) is to discuss the arguments currently surrounding the topic of media, technology, and screen time (MeTS) and its use with young children, and create an international dialogue on what steps should be taken in the future on how to responsibly use MeTS in a way that is productive and developmentally appropriate. The authors first discuss what global issues currently stand referring to MeTS, citing statistics of television, video game, and computer exposure among young children (children younger than 6). It is described that in the United States alone, “83% of children under 6 years old use…two hours with a television and DVD player, 1 hour with video

Included below is a summary about the article titled “How Young is Too Young for Technology,” by Josie Gurney-Read, and published by Telegraph. This article talks about the positive and negative impacts when exposing young children to technology. First, Read opens up the article explaining that by the time children start school, 70% are already confident in using a laptop, tablet or smart phone. Read also notes, that 17% of children under the age of three have their own device. The article then discusses that the American Academy of Pediatrics says that children under the age of two should be discouraged from using technology and that preschool kids shouldn’t be using devices for more than two hours per day (Read). Professor Manfred Spitzer

"It's Time to Let Go of Screen Fears". I can't help but be oppositional to this side of the argument. When it comes to the health of our society, we need to listen to people that can be trusted. That is why we can't ignore the advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics when they say the reccomended screen time for children is 1-2 hours. The growing number of different devices has been linked to a lower test scores and a decrease in kids' creativity that hasn't been seen in fifty years. Technology is one of the industries in this day in age that is always growing so we need to put a limit on how much screen time we're getting before it is too late.

According to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, “8- to 18-year-olds consume an average of 7 hours and 11 minutes of screen media per day” (“Selected Research on Screen Time and Children”). Screen time is time spent watching TV, playing on the computer, or playing on a phone. Too much screen time can have negative effects on young children (“Selected Research on Screen Time and Children”). Since children are having seven hours of screen time a day when they are supposed to have less than two, this is an epidemic that needs to be put to an end. Children are receiving way more screen time than what they should be and it is negatively affecting their health.

The current generation of children is completely different than the preceding ones. They are living in the digital age. “Technology has blended in with daily activity to become a way of life and children today take for granted all of which is automated. It is hard for kids nowadays to imagine a world that existed without all of the gadgets, electronics and seamless operations that computer technology provides.” (3) “Children in the United States devote some 40 hours a week to television, video games and the Internet.” (12) Many psychologists and researchers are concerned about the impact that technology has on children. Children, tomorrow’s future parents and leaders, are being consumed by the negative effects that technology had on their

With new technology and advances in education it is no wonder the use of computers, iPads, and other devices are trickling into the daily life of our younger generations. Perhaps these advances could be doing more harm than providing the enriching education parents and schools think they are. There are now elementary schools where every child has their own iPad and middle schools with Chrome Books the students can take home. Even paper textbooks are being replaced with electronic versions. The use of technology moving forward with education needs to be balanced with critical factors involving a child’s development. Children must be separated from constant attachment to screens to properly learn and develop necessary social skills to become adults who are able to interact and communicate.

Today’s technology has greatly impacted the young children’s everyday lives. Phones, tablets, and computers are all a form of technology that impact the way kids are influenced. Some children get phones or computers at young ages and it can cause kids to depend on it to entertain them. Eventually they will allow the technology to take over and have it become the form of communication between friend and family instead of face to face. As parents continue to buy their children new technology they don’t monitor the amount of time their children spend on the Internet. Technology is becoming more advanced overtime which causes children to become more attached and unable to function without it near by.

Many studies explain the negative impact that extended "screen time" has on children, such as the light from screens distrupting sleep, little mental energy, and depression from viewing before bed. The fact that children spend an average of 7.5 hours of their day staring at a screen, at school, at home, just sitting is not healthy. Many people will argue that most of what they are watching, doing while on their devices is "educational" is not true, I see children every day and they are not doing anything even remotely good for their brains; they sit around playing video games, scrolling social media, watching tv shows and movies that have no teaching points.

There are around seventy-five million children in the United States as of 2016. The population of children and the estimated amount of time they spend looking at a screen is a tremendous one. On average children thirteen to eighteen years old spend around nine hours looking at a screen. Children that ages range from eight to twelve years old spend around six hours looking at a screen (Shapiro 1). But is it all that bad according to a study done by OECD the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development it actually can help improve on skills such as reading science and mathematical skills. “If a teenager plays a single-player video game between once a month and almost every day, they have been found to perform better on average in maths, science, reading and problem solving than children who play single-player games every day, and even those who rarely or never play video games at all.” (Loulla-Mae

Technology has benefited society's life today, but limits are reasonable for a child and their development. According to Summers, "or decades the AAP (The American Association of Pediatrics) has warned that children need to cut back on their screen time. The group's latest prescription: Entertainment 'screen time.'should be limited to two hours a day for children ages 3-18. And, for 2-year-olds and younger, none at all." As one can see, limiting technology is important for a child of under 18 years old for many reasons.

Technology and these devices are addictive. To tell parents and children that they should not limit themselves or their children on the amount of time they spend looking at screens is foolish, and sometimes it dooms