As technology becomes more and more integrated with our everyday lives, many people are beginning to notice addictive behavior towards the internet, computers, cellphones, and gaming consoles. In the article, “Screen-based behavior in school-aged children with long-term illness” Daniela Husarova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Lukas Blinka, Anna Sevcikova, Jitse P van Dijk, and Sijmen A. Reijneveld, discuss a research study to determine the relationship between excessive screen based behavior and the presence of chronic conditions in children. Husarova et al. identify the overuse of technology as an issue among school aged children. They design a study to analyze how students with long term illness, asthma, and learning disabilities were affected …show more content…
define screen based activities as “watching TV, playing computer games, and working with a computer”. Each participant was asked three questions: “How many hours a day do you spend watching television… on a screen?”, “How many hours a day, in your free time, do you spend playing computer games…?”, and “How many hours a day do you spend using electronic devices such as computers, tablets (like Ipad), or smartphones…?”. With these questions, the researchers divided the children into two sections. One category contained children who spent less than 2 hours a day on technology and the other contained kids who spent more than that every day. The latter is considered to spend excessive time on the internet and technology in general. It was found that more than half of the children tested spend more than the recommended amount of time using technology. The questionnaire furthermore asked each participant to rate (on a scale of very often, often, rarely, never) how often they experienced the following: “inability to eat or sleep because of the internet”, uncomfortableness due to being unable to access the internet, surfing the internet even if they are not having fun, picking the internet over family, friends school, or other hobbies. If they answered very often or often to any of the questions, they were considered to be affected by the overuse of …show more content…
They concluded that, while children with asthma and learning disabilities were more likely to overuse the internet, and other technologies, for the most part there was no difference between the severity of the symptoms experienced by children with conditions and their non-condition having peers. In other words, children experienced the same symptoms, at the same degree, weather they had a condition or
Nevertheless, their excessive time on screen technology can limit their cultural understanding. For example; interaction with one and another and the surrounding will be different this, therefore, will impact their social development and lead the children to have a limited understanding of the world around them. Considering this, the parents should set rules for the use of the screen technology for their children and manage safety and security in order to improve their learning style. Screen technology such as computer gaming has the positive effect on children s cognitive development as children are learning and exploring things while they are enjoying. Screen technology can lead to an educational improvement and also provide educational opportunities. Therefore screen technology has both negative and positive effects on children s everyday life this includes their learning activities and social
The purpose of this study is to research the effect of technology on student behavior in the classroom. The specific objective of this research is to discover if there is a correlation between technology and ADHD.
The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks. Today, it is a public, cooperative and self-sustaining facility accessible to millions of people. This global access to a new world has its shortcomings. One of many that might be considered the most important is addiction; I can easily confess that I see myself as a cell phone addicted person. After reading the article “Half of Teens Think They” by Kelly Wallace, I came to a conclusion that I am not the only one who faces this impasse. However, the article also says that it is difficult to say how many teens are truly addicted to their devices and the Internet. Also it is found a problem, because parents feel their teens spend too much time on their mobile devices. Trying to solve this difficulty, some parents came up with solutions.
My cousin's wife Irina Olaru has a positive attitude about the internet use of their children, a girl of four years, and a boy of two and half years. Irina graduated Bethel University, in Minnesota, four years ago. She said to me that their children use a laptop and cellphones every day. Asking her how much time daily their children spend in front of a laptop or cell phone, she said more than two hours every day, which confirms above statistical data. Asking her what attitude they have, as parents about the computer use of their children at such young age, she explained that the internet gives many opportunities of learning and developing for their children. They do not want to ban computer use because they need a time when their children
Screen use can be an essential learning tool for our children. Things such as computers and tablets have many things to offer. One argument people may make, is that there is bad content that children may be exposed to online. The screen use; however, is not the problem. It is the content. More media
According to Kimmerly (2009), over 90% of children aged 3-18 in the US used computers, and with children aged, more children started to use computer-related activities. However, the long time of uses of these electronic tools may lead to physical health problems to children. For example visual strain, lack life
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.
Nancy Shute from U.S. News and World Report states in her article ‘3 Ways Electronic Media Harm Kids’ Health and 3 Ways They Can Help’ “A dozen studies have correlated TV in the early years with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) later in childhood.” Kids today spend more hours on electronic devices such as computers, phones, and TV than sleeping. Having young children watch certain TV shows posed as a positive effect for the brain. However, with recent studies from China, it shows that no matter the affect having a lot of electronic experience is bad for the body. In “Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children”, Jane E. Brody argues that, although Internet addiction isn’t considered a clinical diagnoses here, more American youths are plugged out of “live” action for many hours of the day.
Most children today have access to devices such as television, smartphones, computers, and tablets. These devices can be used in a variety of ways, with both positive and negative outcomes. For example, preschool aged children may use a device to learn letters, numbers, or colors. School aged children may use a computer to conduct research, or watch an educational show. A child may also sit in front of the television for many hours, reducing physical activity, and become obese. I believe it is important for the parent or caregiver of the child to monitor the amount of screen time, as well as the content to optimize the benefits these devices can offer.
It is widely believed by many that the ever-increasing proliferation of technology within entertainment has had detrimental effects on those children exposed to them, with many youngsters forgoing the more traditional pursuits in favour of digital interaction with online acquaintances or artificial intelligence. Entertainment now contains a wide variety of technologies including television (standard or interactive), music, computers, games consoles, toys and the internet, to name but a few. The aim of this study is to identify whether these technologies have an impact on the behaviour of children in either a negative or positive aspect.
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
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
Despite consistent advancements in technology, the dangerous appetite for high-tech devices is insatiable in young adults and children. Young adults and adolescences desire more connectivity than any other age group. In fact, now it is common for people to have both a smartphone, computer, and many other media devices. Even if someone does not own a particular device, access to one is increasingly getting easier. Unfortunately, the increasing consumption and access to technology have negative consequences and are highly debatable. One debatable result of technology is screen addition. When it comes to the topic of screen addiction, most readily agree that any type of addiction is dangerous. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on
computer can be used in a beneficial way, it has its disadvantageous as well. So,
Most adults would say that kids in today's day and age have it a thousand times easier than they did when they were young. They might have had to walk 30 miles to school in the rain, however, they were not faced with modern technology and the potentially harmful side effects it has on youth. The harmful effects of technology on youth tends to be overlooked, especially by parents who do not pay this topic any attention. In turn, this allows their children to develop mental and social health issues.