Teens

Since the beginning of time, mankind has enjoyed routine and predictability. The fear of the unknown, or in other words the fear of change often leads to a sense of a loss of control. Technological development has created massive benefits for society as a whole. At the same time, technology also has lead to a significant change in the way that people live. For a lot of people, the rate of technological change can be overwhelming. In some cases, it can result in an irrational fear known as technophobia. People who suffer from technophobia are often overcome by a sense of loss of control which leads to them resisting them to enjoy technology that can actually improve their lives. Even worse, it often leads to major disadvantages as society moves forward on a path that they are hesitant to adopt. Many people are hesitant to use technology because they have a fear of change and what it will do to them.

According to Twenge, the number of teens that go out with their friends has decreased by 40 percent compared to earlier generations. Twenge compares iGens to different generations such as Gen X (born between 1965 and early 1984), baby boomers (1946-1964) and Millennials (born around 1982-2002). Twenge emphasizes on the time teenagers spend on their phones. Social media plays a huge role in this. In accordance to Twenge, different forms of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are what teenagers spend more time on. According to Twenge, the more time teens spend on smartphones the greater they are at risk for suicide, depression, and loneliness. Twenge also explains how teens are not receiving an adequate amount of sleep, many teens now sleep less than seven hours. Twenge concludes the article by sharing her own experience with her children and technology, she recommends parents to limit the time their children spend on phones. (59-65)

One night you go to bed late and when you wake up the next morning you realize just how bad you feel. You might want to think about what and how you used technology as you were trying to get to sleep or staying up until all hours of the night harmed your sleep. One reason teens might have problems getting enough sleep is that teens have habits that negatively affect their sleep.Some examples of bad habits are the use of technology and not going to sleep at a reasonable time. However, the use of technology isn’t always bad. One positive effect of using technology while trying to sleep can be seen when listening to low aroused music, for example. It is when teens use technology for other things that they hurt themselves. While some bad habits of teens can harm your sleep, some behaviors can make your sleep better.

This scholarly journal article deliberates the necessity of sleep and the phenomenon that adolescent children are suffering from a lack of sleep. The loss of sleep can negatively af-fect a teenager’s academic performance, driving capabilities, cognitive abilities and more. Bryant and Gomez provide recommendations for combating the sleep deficiency with teens, which includes their caffeine intake, establishing specific bedtimes, and the use of technology. The authors reference several other articles done specifically on the use of electronic devices and their effects on a person’s ability to sleep.

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.

Today’s society is drastically different from the previous. In the past, the most advanced technology was working electricity, no one had to worry about checking their work emails at home. Today we are constantly surrounded by technology, in fact we come in contact with it so often we are almost fully dependent on it in the work place, and at home. Richard Restak shows us the negative effects of that dependency in his essay “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era”. We are constantly at work with technology, and it is literally changing the way we operate. Matt Richtel has proof of this in his article based off a study by some neurologists titled “Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain”. Today, we have little to no control over our addiction to technology and our work life, the two have merged into one stress filled existence. However, Alexandra Samuel lets us know there are better ways to deal with our technology based work addiction than quitting cold turkey in her article “’Plug In Better’: A Manifesto”. Due to technology, our work and personal lives have become impossible to decipher, leaving no time for a stress free and balanced life away from the office.

Katie Hafner's Article “Texting May Be Taking a Toll” confronts the growing issue of texting and how it is damaging to the health, development, and mindset of teens growing into adults. The first problem she talks about is to prove that scientist say texting is bad for sleep deprivation and the development of teens. Hafner acknowledges that texting “might be causing a shift in the way adolescents develop” (1), while she also is describing how texting is bad for sleep deprivation in teens. She was saying it is “going to cause sleep issues in an age group that’s already plagued with sleep issues” (1).

The article ?Too Much Technology? by Chelsea Grainger talks about why there is an overreliance on technology. It talks about all of the things that are wrong with using too much technology in one single article. While the author acknowledges that we cannot function in society without technology, there is still an overreliance of it. Grainger?s (2012) main argument is that too much technology is too much for the younger generation. There are plenty who share the concerns that Grainger has. Grainger talks about a lot of things that parents would have an issue with as it relates to technology. Her points do provide some reasoning

It contained experiments performed by credible scientists of this field and scholarly quotes from experts within the realm of this extent. Its main focus is to portray that technology is becoming an addiction that is rapidly spreading throughout the entire world, causing us to become impatient and forgetful. One of the investigations was an experiment with a college student who couldn’t use any technology for one day, and she reported feeling very lonely and secluded from her life. She said “Although I go to a school with thousands of students, the fact that I was not able to communicate with anyone via technology was almost unbearable.” This goes to show how much of a toll technology has taken in our lives. People can barely survive without the comfort and luxury and technology in life. Nicki Dowling, a clinical psychologist who led a study on technology dependence, prefers calling it “Internet dependence”

Many do not believe that we have a technology problem in today’s society. But, ninety-five percent of people use technology an hour before they go to sleep (How Technology Affects Sleep). This is an alarming amount of people who use technology before they go to sleep. You do not have to be looking directly at the technology to trigger the pineal gland to stop releasing melatonin (Kim). Many also believe that lack of sleep due to technology does not affect how they do their daily jobs. Seventy-five percent of those over 30 that reported not getting enough sleep said that when they were tired that their sleepiness effected their daily work (Tarkan). For a school age kid ten hours of sleep is needed. Teenagers also need about nine to ten

Sleep deprivation from overnight texting is posing a threat to teen’s academic success and their physical health. (Breus). “The twenty-first century has hit us with a growing phenomenon among a teen, teen’s reaching for phones, firing off messages, and waking with no recollection of their actions.”(Breus) With sleep texting the beep of a cell phone awakens a person so he or she will reach over and respond to a message with gibberish, however no recollection in the morning. This can be looked at as the same disruption as sleepwalking. Experts are urging parents to get a hold on this behavior with teens asking that all electronics be kept out of the bedrooms, and cutting off teens from phones by ten o’clock in the evening. Poor sleep quality leads to daytime sleepiness which affects concentration.

To summarize, this article gives many valid points about how teenagers lack sleep, but it also gives numerous factors from an adult's point of view. Frank Bruni states that getting enough sleep each night makes for a healthy teen and a sane teen as well. The author provides numerous times that a student should not be negotiable with sleep; sleep should be a baseline for adulthood. Another valid point Bruni makes is students are very hyped up with cell phones and other electronics, but with that statement, there are also students who are up because of the amount of homework they are given on some nights.

Ever heard about this term "Techno-Anxiety", well it's quite a happening phenomenon these days. Have you ever wondered people these days are more concerned about updating their status on the social networking sites and checking their e-mails on a continuous basis, minute by minute like freaks. Ever thought why such things happen to us, this is what Psychiatrists describe as being Techno-Anxious. One guy from Delhi, India is so obsessed with this stuff that he keeps on tweeting and then waits for someone to comment on it, if it doesn't happen, he becomes restless. Psychiatrists say that it can cause neurological disorders, restlessness, lack of concentration, interruption in fluency of thoughts. There are similar instances in the Corporate

Technology surrounds us. Like water in the ocean, people are swimming in technology each and every day. From the radio playing a favorite song to a text received about the results of a game, people use technology constantly. However, there is a point at which people are overtaken by technology; when the wave engulfs us and there is no way out. People are becoming more and more dependent on technology. Ever since technology began heavily integrating itself into society, many major uses have developed, but at a cost that brings on dangerous side effects, both mental and physical, as shown by the potential Y2K bug, that will continue unless active measures are sought out by those so dependent on technology.

The world of business is expansive and will leave stragglers in the dust, closing up shop. Small business owners need to do whatever is necessary to keep the doors open. Munchy’s is a popular dining destination among adults in nearby office buildings, but also for students at nearby schools. Recently, Mr. Joe “Munchy” Jones identified the ebbs and flows of teenage and adult customers, which he concluded was hurting his business. To counteract this problem, he correctly instituted a ban against teens for a couple hours a day. While this may seem outrageous at first, teenagers can be annoying, less teenagers attracts more adults, and more adults are good for business.