Technology Is A Social Quotient For Teenagers And Children

Technology is a double edged weapon, but the negative edge is sharper and cuts the reality into pieces, as the children are building and living their behavior and thoughts with whatever they are exposed to using different kinds of technology. One serious impact is the safety and internet privacy of the children. Pamela DeLoatch in her article “The Four Negative Sides of Technology” added that children may unwittingly share information that may endanger their lives. According to her “82% of online sex crimes against children are made using the social networking sites.” According to their excessive use of technology their lives details are open to everybody which sometimes led to undesired acts. It doesn’t have to be sexual abuse but also it may fracture the children’s self-esteem. Self-esteem shapes the way children think of themselves, if a child is popular in his network his self-esteem will be high, and vies versa. Jim Taylor in his article “how technology is changing the way children think and focus” stated similar opinion when he argued that new technologies are shaping the way our children think, adding that researches came with a conclusion that technology can be both harmful and beneficial to ways in which children think. He also said that it is clear that the advancing technology controls how our brains

Most children and parents are so-called “addicted” to their smartphones, tablets, and computers. Our world is constantly changing, by using less paper and more screens. Is this really such a bad thing? Children can learn from the internet and actually become smarter because of it. The internet has the ability to benefit all ages, but especially children. The world is transforming into a digital place, which allows children to grow and learn, find answers in seconds, and keep up with current events around the world.

Obviously, amateur human brain can become weak to the annoying impact of the information overload, although the brain can adapt to the huge information flow and process the information selectively that leads to the adaptation of human way of thinking. So, internet can effect not only human brain and behavior but also the way users think. The information overload and the way the information is delivered to users cause consistent changes in the way of thinking.

To begin, the internet is altering the human ability to concentrate for long periods of time. There are many distractions on the internet. Even if people are looking for something as small as a definition on the internet, all of the hyperlinks and ads can make people stray away from finding it. Many people begin to get fidgety and lose concentration after only a couple of pages. Nicholas Carr struggles with keeping his concentration by stating in his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” that “ I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do” (Carr 731). A person could be checking the score of a football game when all of the sudden an email message appears and totally diffuses that persons attention away from the score of the game. Also, the human brain is beginning to adapt to receiving information quickly. Research that took days of searching through multiple books can now be done in only a few

The article titled “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?”, Nicholas Carr informs the readers that people tend to be constantly distracted and interrupted when they are online. This can cause people to turn into scattered and superficial thinkers. Firstly, the article mentions that people’s thought, people’s emotion, and people’s personalities influence their ability to maintain concentration. The Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist, Eric Kandel said that people can understand a new piece of information thoroughly only when they pay much attention to it. Secondly, it says that constant distraction from the Internet causes people’s brain to not function efficiently. The brains are not able to forge the expansive neural connection that give depth

From computers filling whole rooms to cellphones fitting in the palm of our hands, technology has come a long way. With the advancements that have been made we are able to dive into a whole new world of possibilities like never before. We are all able to communicate with someone miles away in an instant, as well as obtain vast amounts of countless information for any purpose on a whim. Technology has helped this generation develop. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the next. With technology being integrated in our society more than ever before, young children are being exposed to technology at such a young age that it is becoming detrimental to their wellbeing.

In “Does the Internet Make You Dumber” Nicholas Carr (2010) discuss if the internet turning us into scattered and superficial thinking. People who do their jobs like study text studded with links, watch multimedia presentations or juggle many tasks have fewer skills. The common threat in these disabilities is the division of attention, so it’s hard to concentrate. When people have distracted and interrupted, that influence them on thinking. One studies show technology affect our abilities by increasing the “visual literacy skills”. And another study, however, found it “more automatic” thinking. In additional, many different experiments conducted found students and workers who do multitasking are worse than the other. The heavy multitasking

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

Finally, I want to touch on the most serious problem with our young people using technology; the danger of it. There are too many harmful things on the internet for us to be allowing our kids to use it prematurely and unmonitored.Things like pornography, explicit videos, and online predators are just the beginning. The dangers are endless. Parents need to become educated and aware of how they can prevent this danger to reach their young ones. They must create comfortable relationships where they can be open and honest with their kids. 44% of tweens admitted they’ve watched something online their parents wouldn’t approve of, and 70% of children ages 7-18 said they’ve accidentally encountered online pornography. Those statistics are not comforting to think about. The most important part is to be educated and aware, both parents and children.

In a world of twenty-four hour hour news, iPhones, touch screens, and laptops, it is not surprising that each year there are more and more children being exposed to, and welcomed into this technologically advanced society. It is not uncommon to see seven year olds using the newest gadgets with surprising efficiency, however, one must ask themselves what effects this new technology driven world is going to have on the younger generations? Are these kids going to become the most efficient multi-taskers to be seen, or is this boom in technological advance, and the societal pressure to be adept at even the newest technologies going to create a generation of youth who do not know how to get through the day without constant internet feeds and the connectedness to the entirety of the technological world? The effects of this increase in technological use by the younger generations of today’s society must be evaluated, and a few main areas where this change seems to have an influence include the youth’s changing sense of morality, children’s social skill development, and the use of these technological advances to provide more efficient and effective means of learning to children. These areas have all been studied rigorously in the past few years as technology has continued to advance, and work to provide insight into the effects of technology on early childhood development and learning.

Technology has continued to shape the world we live from as long as man was living on Earth until present day. Many of us have seen drastic technological changes in our lives over merely a few decades, or even a couple of years, which have aided us in improving the condition in which humans live. However, technology appears to have advanced so quickly that, as humans, we are unable to stay updated on the latest trends. In the 21st century, technology shapes the lives of numerous adults, but as well as their children. While once the fad being to play outside with friends and riding bikes, children and teens today have been caught up with a variety of social media sites and devices that help to locate them. “By 2010, two-thirds of children

To solve the problem of young kids with the use of technology, parents need forewarnings of the consequences of allowing their kids use technology. A strict limit to technology or no technology at all will benefit young kids by learning

The internet is said to damage our brains because it doesn’t allow us to focus completely, but it is actually a major advantage we all have. Nicholas Carr, in What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, states, “Their heavy use has neurological consequences.” by this he means

Technology has changed society over the past two decades more than it had in the past century. Technology has fast-forwarded previous traditions of families whom once ate home-cooked meals at the dining room table, spent the majority of each other’s time together talking, teaching, understanding, and learning from one another. Technology now has placed everyone into hyper speed, it has created a way for less human interaction from ordering food in the drive-thru to the creation of social media and texting. Technology has created a way of communicating without the ability of seeing and understanding a person’s emotions. The technology epidemic is creating negative energy towards children in today’s society; it is changing children’s emotions, influencing obesity, effecting cognitive ability, producing unsafe situations, and disconnecting parental relationship.

Parenting now a day is being done via electronics. Children have to grow up in a world where learning can only be accomplished via the Internet. Humans are at the point where the society cannot function without electricity. In order to be a good parent, you can’t sit the child down with a phone and expect them to grow up as an outstanding human being. What people don’t understand is children learn by observing our behavior. Acting as if a day without electricity will ruin our civilization will corrupt the child’s mind, thus making them think the Internet is the most vital object and it is better than anything. Of course, there are issues with allowing children onto the web. Without proper education on the dangers in the online world, children may fall into a trap and become potential victims. In order to have a well-rounded youth, parents must express healthy role modeling. However, teaching children avoidance skills and parents monitoring the web history can overcome the issues with the threats to them online.