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The Pros And Cons Of Technology

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Is the technology in today’s world a positive advancement? Over the past few years technology has basically taken over our society. It isn’t just young people that use technology, it is all groups of people, that includes toddlers all the way up to elders. Technology is a major part of today’s society and makes many tasks a lot easier. One major issue with technology is that it’s abused and many people rely on it. Technology is “dumbing down” today’s society.
Technology has not only been a benefit for children in todays, but it has also become a hindrance to their ever day functions. Kids now struggle daily with learning in school (k-12), social skills and family relations, and communication. Technology is a good thing for kids to have …show more content…

Another thing that is lacking in today’s world is social skills. Kids now days do not have normal conversations with each other. Most kids and adults walk around with some sort of electronic device either in their hands, or up to their ears most of the time. It has also taken away from the kids being kids. Children do not use their imagination, like kids did once before making homemade walkie-talkies to talk with their friends. Now children set in their bedrooms on their game console or on their cell phones, and sometimes never come out to have family time. Family dinners, family game nights, and other family activities don’t take place anymore because the technical devices have taken over their everyday simple lives. Technology also effects the children because the parents are so caught with those electrical devices. Most parents come home from being away from their child for 8 hours working and they sit down on the couch and pick up their phones, tablets, turn on the tv, or their computers and takes time away from the kids. This time may not seem much the parents, but it effects the kids. The time it takes away from the kids could be time that they use to help the children with homework, cooking a home cooked meat instead of taking out dinner, or just a conversation amongst the family. Technology has really been a down fall for today’s families. The days of families getting together and gathering has been taking away from cell phone, facetiming, and

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