Argumentative Essay On Children And Technology

Children and Technology, do parents have a reason to be concerned? As technology expands, so do the concerns of the effects it has on children. Technology has put a lot of strain on relationships between elementary children. Many are addicted to the internet/technology. Often, kids nowadays grow up choosing to use phones, Ipads, and computers instead of going outside and being active. According to Pew Internet Project survey, “eighty-seven percent of teachers felt modern technologies were creating an easily distracted generation.” Why would people want an easily distracted generation? Technology should be a huge concern of parents and be monitored closely so kids can learn communications skills with others, compassion and social skills.

Children should not be able to use technology as much as they do because they are going to depend on it more and more as they grow up. They are not going to know what it is like to wait until your sixteen years old to start using a device. On guardian.com I found an interesting saying, “One friend claims her child's first word was not "Mum" or "Dad" but "iPad".” Now that’s sad. Kids in the 90’s had bikes, kiddiepools, and sandboxes, almost never did they have technology to play around with. Growing up now, that is all children are going to know.
When children are always on technology it takes away from their interaction with others. If someone’s eyes are glued to a screen they have no idea what is going on around them. Would you want your kid to not have any interaction with the kids around them? When children grow up they will not know how to interact with people and will not have good social skills. Those are very important things that we need. By interacting with others, children learn good social skills, good communication skills, compassion and empathy for others.
According to care2.com, “children and teens between the ages of eight and eighteen spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes daily playing video games, going online and watching TV, and most have no rules on how much time they are allowed to spend doing these things.” Parents should monitor their children’s media technology closely and make rules on how much time they are allowed to spend using these devices. Parents can make media free zones and media free times; like no using technology at the dinner table, or when you get home from school.
Also from Care2.com, there is a study out over the past ten years that many children and teens are having a hard time relating emotionally with people. Such as, watching graphic and violent material online or playing video games with inappropriate content could numb their emotions, causing children to have less of an understanding of others feelings.
On huffingtonpost.com it says, “Technology use restricts movement, which can result in delayed development.” That means when the child starts going to school, he isn’t going to be of his full potential.

Using technology so much as a kid will limit their imagination and creativity, along with their motor developments. Research shows that kids that use technology often are more likely to have a disorder. All of these problems can happen just because kids are choosing technology over being active. Most importantly, too much media and technology time can lead to childhood obesity from lack of physical activity. Parents should make their children get up and move more rather than letting them play hours of video games, watching TV or internet usage. If children put down the media devises and went outside to play more often, childhood obesity would lower and social skills would rise.

Technology for children isn’t always bad. They will already know how to utilize it before they get to school, since schools teach with technology now. It also helps children learn with all the new learning apps they have for children. When a child gets grumpy just hand them technology and they will be set for a while. Another thing is they might learn something from it, like the games they play and the learning apps they

have.
Children under a certain amount of age shouldn’t be able to use technology as often. They need to learn to interact with others and be social. There’s no reason why elementary children need to use technology as much as they do now. Parents should be able to handle their children instead of letting technology take over. Technology is becoming a huge part in this world and that’s okay, as long as newborns don’t start using it.