Addiction to Technology: Alienation among Children and Its Impact on Their Further Development as Individuals In a computer-driven society, technology is one of the main tools for shaping individuals’ personalities. Children are exposed to different kinds of technology and become literate to use it without big difficulties. They can handle almost any kind of gadgets. However, the question is whether this is good or bad for their further development as individuals. Unrestricted use of TV sets and computer games, game consoles and online networking games, along with Internet chat rooms, mobile phones and other kinds of technological devices can make children addicted to technology and socially alienated.
The author not only discussed the shortcomings of the research article, but she made valid points as to how the research was meaningful and significant. The impact of the article leaves readers with the sense that there needs to be a change in what our children are watching. The research study proved that even in as little as nine minutes children’s overall cognitive functioning decreases when watching fast paced shows. By watching these fast paced shows (compared to drawing or educational programs) children are being primed to be A.D.H.D like impulsive and are not being able to control their attention spans, solve problems, or handle delay of gratification and working memory dilemmas. From the results and the article, parents should be aware of the consequences that these fast paced programs may have on their
Parents should regulate the amount of video games their children play because if your child regularly plays games with plots based on violence and aggression, research shows children at risk for increased aggressive behavior, it inhibits social interaction, and it is not always intellectually stimulating. First, parents, not government, need to monitor video games. Laws don't go far enough to help parents, argues Craig Anderson, a professor at Iowa State University: "The results are really quite clear; regardless of gender... regardless of culture... we know that playing violent videogames increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior and aggressive thinking, decreases the likelihood of pro-social behavior, and increases what you might think of as desensitization... Probably the best solution is to educate parents... but we also need to give parents better tools and the current rating systems don't do that." "One study reveals that young men who are habitually aggressive may be especially vulnerable to the aggression-enhancing effects of repeated exposure to violent games," said psychologists Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., and Karen E. Dill, Ph.D. "The other study reveals that even a brief exposure to violent video games can
Toy makers also started to make toys smaller. All kids want to bring their new toys wherever they go. If the toys are large and not easy to bring places, parents are not going to let their kids bring the toy with them and their kids will be extremely upset. Therefore, the toy makers made toys more convenient for everyone. Parents will allow their kids to take smaller toys
The bad thing about that is the fact that if teens and preteens start handling cell phones, which they already do, they begin to text more often. This starts another problem. We send our children to school to be able to teach them how to read, write, spell and think. School is basically another way of saying we are sending our children off to a building with adults who can teach them how to think in an advanced, more complex way. They learn and memorize methods and build their way of thinking; however, texting interrupts the simple aspects of learning how to spell.
Once kids start playing more than around 1 hour of video games on a daily basis it starts to become second nature to play video games. Kids start to almost rely on it because whenever kids aren’t doing something they have to do they’re 75% of the time playing video games and that’s no good! When kids are to the point where they rely on or need video games it starts to become all they do and it takes over they’re social life. Kids shouldn’t even play enough where they get to the point where they play all the time, but once you’re addicted it’s hard to stop which is why kids shouldn’t start playing in the first place. If you play
As a result, children could fail their exam or could not find a job in the future. In addition, the author also argues that it is difficult to control children through texting. Children usually use the messages as codes to hide some things. As a result, parents hardly to understand and control their children. Both authors mention the using of abbreviations in messages.
Can parts of gender stereotype be biological? Can we link this to how children develop the ability to communicate and how they use it at a young age? There are many researchers discussing whether language acquisition between men and women are indeed different and many believe that its caused by gender bias among our society. The general concept is that we are not born with gender, but that gender is something we perform or learn to do. However, there is evidence to show that even at a young age, boys and girls that learn how to communicate, will learn at different speeds and will struggle with different aspects of learning how to communicate.
(Project RED, 2010) The real issue is that some schools/ district restrict students from using technology in school to support their education. It is stated that schools have difficulty keeping up with new technology so they are either behind and have a hard time catching up or they just do not update their technology restricting students from necessary resources. (Education Weekly, 2011) Some forms of learning that students found benefitting them at home as well as in school involving technology is online learning. Some surveys and research has been done that proves that online learning or blending learning elaborates students’ learning and develops their skill. Along with e-learning falls a category called social networking which has increasingly caught the attention of a lot of school board officials.
It will then explain some of the advantages and why it should not be banned by parents. It has been argued that the freedom of children and teenagers to use the internet may lead them to experience serious problems by accessing inappropriate content (Raising Children Network 2012, p4). There will be a possibility for children to unintentionally click harmful sites that contain violence, videos of naked people and vulgar materials that can affect their mental development. However, parents can control children’s online activity to address this problem. For instance, do not let them get online in a private room, such as their bedroom, so it will be easier to keep an eye on their activity.