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Throughout my rhetorical proposal “Social Horrors”, I developed an argument that the abuse of social media and texting admittedly has adverse effects on physiological development for children. After I supported this argument with factual guidelines and relevant statistics, I then formed a proposal to try and solve this issue for the parents in my audience; Particularly, parents that are raising young children and minors. In order to create a well-structured proposal and argument to achieve the purpose of limiting screen time for children and young minors in the beginning stages psychological adolescence, I used admonitory diction, testimonial experience, as well as relevant credible sourcing.

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”.

The traditional family roles and relationships are on the decline. According to Psychology Today, “When the working parent arrived home after work, his or her children were so immersed in technology that the parent was greeted only 30 percent of the time and was totally ignored 50 percent of the time.” Children will text or email their parents instead of walking out

​Technological advancement is one factor that affects parent-child relationship. According to research, 46% of smartphone owners consider their smartphones as a necessity for daily living (Smith). Technology has made it possible to incorporate a lot of things in just one phone – you can use it as an alarm clock, a camera, a dictionary, and many more – making it a constant feature in day to day activities. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and other social networking sites have made communication easier, that’s a good thing. However, most college students spend their time interacting with their friends online and that causes them to spend less time bonding with their parents. Likewise, the parents distance themselves from their children when they use technology as a means to bring more work at home. Even if technology

She tells of several strategies use by teenagers to avoid parental attention, such as leaving their cell phones at home or just not answering them when parents call or text, which in turn causes the parents increased anxiety. The extra stress from this always connected society causes some parents and teenagers to envy a time in the not too distanced past where there were no cell phones (Turkle 432). Despite the understandable quest for autonomy, the author also states that it is not unusual for a college student to text his or her parents fifteen times a day (Turkle 435). This seeming dichotomy is not surprising to me. Although younger teenagers often feel stifled by their parents inescapable overwatch, as they come of age, many of them will form relationships where they share and seek out advise with their parents.

Before, people used to leave their homes to communicate with friends through places such as the bar, café, or even going for a walk. Now, technology has made communication so much easier. With applications such as Skype, Facebook and iMessage, we are able to instantly message our friends without spending money, time or energy to commute. Overall, messaging applications have made communication easier, quicker, cheaper and more efficient – all four are demands of which most humans look for when performing tasks. However, there are times when technology usage is more than we should take. Television for example can easily prevent a family from communicating. With 24 hours of nonstop broadcasting news and entertainment, some families can sit through these programs for hours without saying a single word to each other. According to a survey conducted by the Mirror, the average parent spends only 34 minutes with their children a day (Maughan, 2015). Over 2,000 parents surveyed had admitted to being too tired or busy to spend time with their children. With 24 hours in a day, if the average human spends 8 hours a day sleeping (Bjarki, 2015), 7-12 hours a day working or going to school (Ferro, 2015), and 8.4 hours on media devices (Chang, 2015), communication among friends, family members and the outside world in general is expected to be at its concerning lowest. According to research by the telegraph, 65.8% of children under 10 years old own smartphones

Mom turns on the television and sets the table, dad comes home from work, checks his personal digital assistant for an email he’s been waiting on, while his daughter sits at the table finishing up a “thumb lashing” on her cell phone that she is giving to her “BFF” because she just failed her history test. This scenario has become the norm in homes across America today. It’s the digital age, technology is booming at such a rapid pace we cannot even wear out our devices before the newer up-to-date models arrive. Technology has negative effects on society, because it is causing our critical thinking and social interaction skills to decline, it is disrupting the American family unit, and it has caused us to become a distracted society that is

Fallows appears to have written this editorial based on her examination of a change that has a occurred in our society, and a wonder of how this change affects the people, specifically the children, involved. In the year 2013, when this editorial was written, according to the PewResearch Center, cell phone usage among adults was at 91% up from 65% in 2004. In the same year, other articles emerged about the negative affects of cell phone usage among adults when around children. One article, published in The Guardian, stated that “parents should stop checking their mobiles and listen to their children when they are talking to them.” Fallows opens her editorial with an observation she has when walking through her neighborhood with her grandson. She notices that the adults she sees are not talking with their children but talking on the phone or texting.

With the introduction of electronic devices at a very early age, today’s youth would rather send a text message to the person sitting next to them rather than turning and actually speaking to them. Our youth are turning into mindless drones. We are partially to blame for this. Electronic devices, TV’s, iPods, hand held video game consoles, smart phones etc.… have taken the place of “babysitter”, and kids do not receive the interaction we did at their age. Now, we’re not talking about teenagers just yet, but rather the ages ranging from 5-12 year olds. The allure of these devices are so addicting that by ages 13-18, most are not able to function without them, unable to hold a conversation, unable to express feeling to us, their

In the article, “OMG Teens and Their Phones” by Bob Ross, he discusses a survey that shows on average everyday teens send about one text message every five minutes. Throughout this article Ross discusses the question of whether the use of technology is being abused by kids today and the answer is yes, but only if the parents let it happen. Parents cannot be ignorant about what their child is using technology for, they need to understand the technology their child is using and they also need to create rules about the use of technology so teens do not abuse their power of it. Ross explains how it is important for parents to set guidelines and rules that are reasonable for themselves and their child’s needs so they are more willing to follow them. To make sure that teens are not abusing their technology it is important for parents to encourage technology free time. It is important for a child to learn when the appropriate time is to use technology and when they should not, for example when they are in class or when they are doing homework. Another suggestion that Ross makes is for parents to check phone bills to make sure that their child is following their guidelines. On the phone bill a parent can see what times their child is texting and the other person who they are texting. If a parent sees that their child is not following their guidelines then they can always disable their phone during a certain

On September 24, 2015, Susan Dominus wrote for The New York Times in the magazine section, Motherhood, Screened Off. This article is based on Dominus’ view of parenting, smartphones, and children. Susan Dominus compared her childhood with the childhood of her children. Of Dominus’ belief that the relationship between parents and children have always been the same, smartphones are just the newest object onto which people displace their parental guilt. Susan Dominus uses imagery of her own childhood to explain that parents should not be chastised for developing more attention to their smartphones because it does not mean that parents are distracted by them.

Let’s face it: We’ve all at some point and time played on our phone while hanging out with kids. Whether it’s a quick text or a social media post, it can be difficult to put our electronics down. But in all honestly, our email and Facebook can wait. Especially if it means setting a good example for your child and protecting their health, since increased screen time is associated with higher rates of childhood obesity.

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,

We've all heard about how dangerous it is to be texting and driving. But, texting actually interferes with other areas of our lives as well. For example, dads should be extremely cautious about texting while they are being a dad.

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.