The Negative Effects Of The Internet On Children

The risks and possible consequences for children and young people of being online or using a mobile phone can be numerous

According to a 2010 Kaiser Foundation study, which involved elementary children, concluded that on average 75 percent of parents allowed their children to have bedroom TV’s, North American households keep their TV’s on for 50 percent of the day, and use 7.5 hours of technology entertainment per day (Rowan). Technology is becoming a problem throughout the United States, especially in elementary aged kids. Parents are introducing technology as early as infants so that they understand certain information at an early age. When parents introduce technology at such an early age they are giving their children the advantage to be addicted to the wonders of it. Young children are at a high risk of brain damage with the advancement of technology. The more adults introduce technology to younger children the higher the chances of problems it causes. Technology has a negative effect on younger children and should have limitations on the age in which it is being introduced.

Around the world, the internet is a resource where individuals can meet new people, do research, or access entertainment. Although technology can do many different tasks, it also can alter child development. The effects of child development have become a main concern regarding the internet. In their separate articles, Genevieve Johnson and Nicholas Carr discuss how the technological world is becoming hazardous for the brains of adolescence. The articles mainly focuses on how a person can resort to their brain changing as they continue to use the Net and the effected social behaviors on child development.

Thesis: The potential positive influences offered by the Internet outweigh the potential negatives for adolescents.

Growth of internet usage worldwide revolutionized access to knowledge and means of communication (Greydanus 452). Many children today are affected by their use of Internet which has both positive and negative implications. This paper argues that the outcome of Internet use by children depends greatly on how it is used and how Internet use is supervised and guided by agents of socialization such as parents, families, teachers, and other adults. There are many positive and negative outcomes of the use of Internet by children. Negative outcomes that can diminish children’s well-being and cognitive and socialization capacity include harmful social interactions such as cyber-bullying, negative emotional and physical consequences, ineffective personal time management, exposure to violent and obscene content, and exposure to commercial advertising and consumerism. Positive benefits include the use of Internet for school study, development of creativity, access to variety of useful information, and communication on educational matters with children in other countries. Children who are using Internet for educational purposes and communications that enhance their development are getting smarter and more socialized whereas children who use Internet pathologically and excessively for other purposes may get less smart and less socialized.

Using the internet wasn’t a question that wouldn 't have bothered the parents of teenagers a generation ago but it is a “necessary” these days – a necessary evil or a necessary good? Allowing your child you access the Internet requires that you know what your child is doing. Some experts feel that children should be exposed to the Internet from an early age. It is therefore important that parents be familiar with the sites that children are likely to visit and how social interaction occurs on those sites. This article will look at the general issues and then focus on several popular sites that parents may wish to encourage their kids to visit.

Since the introduction of the Internet to society, we have heard all about how it negatively affects our children. How it intrudes on our privacy and preys on the innocent, how it prevents children from learning real social skills and decreases their attention span. As a mother of four, I have seen these effects up close and personal and had to find a way around them. I have to be vigilant, informed and willing to enforce rules and safety nets, even when my kids resist and complain. Yet, in spite of the risks I have seen, I also see how the Internet can be used as a tool for good. We are living in a digital world where everything we do is impacted in some way by

Children can use the Internet to research for projects and academics related information. According to Davidow (2008, p.85) the internet is a great source of information for the children of today. Therefore the internet is great form of assistance for children whose parents don’t have the time to assist them with their homework, assignment of projects. They can also use the internet to communicate with friends and family members who are not in their immediate environment. The Internet is a cheap and efficient way for children to keep in touch with loved

Gustavo Mesh found in his study that family time is affected only with a teen uses the internet for social purposes. In addition, Rosen has found that the more hours an adolescent spend on the internet, the more he feels that his parents doesn’t support him. Other research showed that most of the parents do not know what their children do online. More than fifty percent of parents have never looked at their children profile. But, parents can control their kids on the internet by “monitoring”: the software will block different sites or by limiting the access. In this way, the parents decide the permitted sites (Subralmanyan; Greefield, 2008). Parents can control their kids involve in internet. They can allow them to spend their time searching online, not socializing since search can be finished, but chatting and socializing never finish. When following this strategy, family time will not be affected.

Some people say the internet is helping children, but some people say the internet doesn 't. If children are using the internet for the right purpose they are learning, but it is so easy to get distracted by ads or mobile games and use the internet for other things than school work. People are inventing new ways to stop those distractions such as ad blockers, setting specific hours of games and homework. People have had different opinions about if the internet has made children smarter or not, my research is here to prove if the internet has helped children learn more or less.

It is found that discussing and warning children of the bad side of the internet is more beneficial than keeping them away from it until their older, to then allow them the privileges of it with no prior ‘training’ is more dangerous.

Man’s aim of achieving a world state is vividly underway. The creation of the internet can be termed as one of the most significant steps. The internet has enabled the connectivity of millions of people all over the world. The internet has become a part of so many people’s lives today. It is evident that with internet connectivity, the world has become a global village. Shopping has also been made easy, most people can get market information through the internet and to some degree, and this has helped reduce the problem of asymmetric information in the market. Furthermore, the students can undertake some courses through the internet, study on the internet, and even do exams online. The world of management is not left behind; various aspects of management have been made easy because of the internet. However, according to Nicholas Carr he says; “The Net’s interactivity gives us powerful new tools for finding information, expressing ourselves, and conversing with others. It also turns us into lab rats constantly pressing levers to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment” (Carr 117). Are we even concerned with the negative effects of the internet in our lives?

"Bob" a young boy was in his room with a gun in his hand." He was debating on whether or not to commit suicide, due to the fact of people on social media making fun of him, his father opens the door, "Son what are you doing?"

While the internet can be useful for some aspects of our lives, it also has negative effects on today's youth. It seems as if everyday technology is advancing to make our lives simpler. As it continues advancing to assist us, it's taking away from important aspects of our lives. There are some reasons why the internet has negative effects towards our society, and the social media that comes along with that as well.

Secondly, not only does the internet makes children antisocial and introverted, it poses a risk on children’s health. According to Dr. Keith Highfield of Macquarie University in Australia revealed that constant usage of technology specifically the internet has caused great concerns on children’s reduced