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Technology And Modern Technology

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When I see children as little as two using technology, I get worried. My niece Savanna loves having touch screens in her little hands, but it makes me wonder if her childhood could be wasted on the constantly developing technology of today. When I was a child, it was typical to go outside, get a little dirty, run around and have fun outside. Sadly, not all children are the same.
How will these children feel? Will they be glad they were a part of the “app generation” or will they regret it later on? A child’s connection to this new technology is the deciding factor in the future of these children’s lives.
With many children today being able to understand how to use such devices, parents even worry about the long term effects. Parents want …show more content…

Children today always seem to have a phone or tablet in their hands, and she is correct in saying that. On the plus side, children are now never bored with technology but they are more lazy than and not as fulfilled as children were before this time. In Toddlers on Touchscreens: Parenting the “App Generation” correspondent in The Christian Science Monitor, Stephanie Hanes states, “Moreover, a 2011 Nielsen survey found that 8 out of 10 parents with a tablet let their under-12-year-old children use it, while the nonprofit Common Sense Media released a study that same year showing that 39 percent of all children ages 2 to 4 had used some sort of mobile touch-screen device at home” (1). Hanes’ point from these statistics is that children today are surrounded by new technology, and there is no real way to avoid it. Unfortunately, children are not just surrounded by it, but parents are also letting their children use these devices. Now it is not easy being an adult today without the tech world involved, but children should not be encircled in it, or at least should not be able to use it every time they see or want it. Hanes proves this point in her writing when she adds, “According to a Nielsen survey, some 80 percent of tablet-owning parents let their young children use their devices; Babyshower.com found that 75

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