Why Too Much Technology Is Bad For Kids

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Too Much Technology Is Bad For Kids
Today’s technology has kids hooked. Devices like the Ipad, cellphones, and the basic TV are stealing this generations childhood. Technology can interfere with sports because children prefer to be using their devices. Some people may not understand but, technology is pretty much taking over children's lives. Parents should be to keep their children away from technology as long as they can and not use devices as a baby sitter. Technology should be limited for young children because it can cause kids to become obese, perform poorly in school, and it can cause kids to not sleep well at night.
First, technology can cause children to start becoming obese. In an article it says, “Teens who watch more than 5 hours …show more content…

In the article it says, “Teens often use social media while doing homework” (Why to limit your child's media use). Using social media while doing homework can potentially distract teens from the homework that they were assigned, which can make their grade go down. A quote supporting this topic says, “Multitasking can put a negative effect on school performance” (Why to limit your child's media use). Some kids while doing homework, will look at social media which can distract the student from doing their work, technology might cause the students performance level drop a little bit. In an article about a class of students said that, After examining a spider under a microscope for a few moments, the kids drifted back to their areas were they had been playing video games (Why to limit your child's media use). Kids are not very interested in science projects or discovering new sports that they can play anymore, they are more interested in video games, video games distract them from school work, which can potentially make their grades go down because of lack of participation or not doing homework. Kids should be limited from technology because it can make them not study for tests and perform poorly in …show more content…

Some articles support that, Technology could give kids a little bit of self control (Ten ways technology is good for kids). The young kids are exposed to the blue light from the devices, which will make them be woken, which will cause them to become hyper. Another claim, is that technology can help with learning (Steinberg 1). While people think that technology is good, there is also bad side to having technology. When young children do homework or study for tests they are usually distracted by games.. Also, Technology can help people grow in confidence and self esteem (Steinberg 1). Technology can’t really help people grow in confidence. When people use technology, it is a distraction, that can make grades go down, and can also bring self esteem down too. The people that support children not being limited to technology do not have very many reasons to help support the good sides of technology. On the other hand, people that support technology being limited for kids have many good details to use to fight against those people who

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