Screening Time : The Importance Of Screen Time On Children

"The Kaiser Family Foundation last year found that school-age kids spend an average of 7 1/2 hours a day in front of a television, a smartphone, or another digital device"(Rosen).

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.

In 'Kids and screen time: What does the research say?' Juana Summers explains the negative effect on children spending so much time in front of T.V screens. In doing so knocks down their ability to recognize emotions in accordance to the new research from the University of California Angeles. She mentioned that the study published in the journal 'Computers in human behavior' spoke about how five days without exposure to technology sixth graders were more likely to read human emotions then the children who had access to different means of technology. The difference between kids who are not regularly around technology seem to be more intuitive then those who are to wrapped up in electronic devices. Although I lean towards children without, the question really is are children really better off with, or without and what are the downfalls and benefits?

Research shows that the majority of screen time has a negative effect on children of all ages. Children ranging from ages two to 11, on average, spend anywhere from 25 to 35 hours a week in front of the television, or other forms of screen time.  At such young

Upon hearing the first argument that children should not be allowed so much screen time, I could not help but agree; however the second agrument that there is no such thing as too much screen time does in fact make excellent points. I do however agree more with the first agrument than the second for several reasons, including personal experience, and personal opinions. In this essay I will attempt to find a common ground between the two agruments in an effort to bring peace to this long standing debate.

Did you know that screen time is tied with health problems crazy right? Screen time can also lead to higher levels of overweight and it can leads to shorter attention spans, mental problems, or even sadness. Screen time is a distraction to school work and that can be bad for their grades because at school they will be thinking about games and not be paying attention to the teacher or they skip doing their homework which can help understand things they don’t pick up from class. Also it can introduce cyber bullying to kids which is bad and may make them depressed. But the good thing about it is that you can call anyone in case of an emergency or you can call them to see where they are. What I am stating in this paragraph

Do you think kids should be limited on screen time? Well, kids invest almost four hours daily watching TV and playing video games. Kids could be getting exercise for four more hours. Another reason is kids should get fresh air. In fact fresh air is better for you than the air you breathe indoors. Also, TV and video games are a waste of time. Many kids don't get their homework done for class, but they have time to play video games and waste their time. Two to five year olds should have no more than one hour of electronic time daily. Anymore than that can damage their eyes at a young age. Kids in the range of five to eighteen shouldn’t be on electronics for more than two hours daily. Children in this age range should socialize and actually talk

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

There have been a multitude of studies in recent years on the subject of screen time and the effects it can have on children of all ages. Previously, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that children from 0-2 years of age not be exposed to any screen time at all (American Academy of Pediatrics, [AAP], 2016). This included television, video games, smart phones, tablets, movies and computers. The AAP has recently changed its recommendation, though, stating that “Some media can have educational value for children starting at around 18 months of age, but it 's critically important that this be high-quality programming, such as the content offered by Sesame Workshop and PBS.” (AAP, 2016). The recommendation for children ages 2-5 is still the same, at one hour of high quality programming a day, and for children age 6 and older, to use consistent limits on the

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.

After reading both passages I have to say i agree with, "Screen Time Limits Are Vital for Children." I choose the side of this passage becasue i think it is true that technology is taking over rapidly. The attention spands of young children these days is controlled by screens of technology devices. I see it in my own relatives as well, for instance my younger cousin that is in second grade. My cousin has a iphone and she is always on it as much as she can be unless at school. This i think is not good for herself and other young youth's future ahead. As said in the passage, "Studies report that television viewing by preschoolers lowers their executive funtions such as the ability to complete a given task." If this continues on ahead children

The American Association of Pediatrics has recommended a limit of two hours of screen time per day for teenagers. But, at and after school kids are on their devices for homework and for educational purposes and other leisure activities. These students are on their computers for more than two hours going past the recommendation by doing only schoolwork. Because students are asked to use devices in school screen time should be increased to four hours a day.

First of all, there has been a drastic rise of technology use in children over the past decade. Screens are easily accessible, easily addicting, and television companies know how to catch a child’s eye, and have them staring at their show for hours. Children have access to technology all the time, making it easy to become hooked on screen time. Today, “68% of U.S. adults have a smartphone” (Anderson). Many adults are around children. More often than not, when children get bored, adults simply hand the phone over. Consequently, technology use is on the rise. “In 2013, almost fifty-seven percent of children, ages three to seventeen used the Internet at home, nearly six times as many as in 1997, which was eleven percent” (“Home Computer Access and Internet Use”). Children have easy access to screens.

Children are spending forty hours a week looking at some type of screen, and this is not including time spent using a computer for school (Gentile, n.pgs.). Kids ages eight to eighteen spend more than seven and a half hours a day immersed in different kinds of technology (Taylor, n.pgs,). Taylor also says in his Psychology Today article, “The average young person spends up to 10,000 hours playing video and online games by the age of 21.” That is how many hours they would spend in both their middle school and high school years (Taylor, n.pgs.). In the following lines, Taylor mentions some crazy statistics about how technology has effected children: