A toddler lacks proper social skills. A child screams and fusses uncontrollably until handed his mother’s IPhone. A teen gets hit by a car walking through a street texting. Two boys obsessed with a video game kill 12 students in a high school shooting. These are not the only cases; many of today’s tragic events derive from a lack of social understanding of others, which is learned at a young age. Our childhoods are a critical time and serve as the foundation for the rest of our lives. Recent technologies such as mobile phones, computers, and IPads are taking away from this important time and creating many disorders and other problems such as sensory disorders and social isolation in many children.
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I have personally witnessed the effects of technology on children with ADHD. My own brother, 10 years old and diagnosed with ADHD, has an addiction to computers and mobile devices. He has an allotted time on the computer, but when the time comes to turn it off, he cries, screams, or simply doesn 't know what to do. He’ll wander around aimlessly not knowing what to do with himself. Ten years old and already trapped feeling empty without the daily distraction of electronics. We need to train our children to find joy in real life things, not virtual worlds. The fast-paced, exciting world of online games in comparison to the everyday life of a child can make any child antsy and unattentive, leading to hyperactivity. For a child with ADHD, their brains lack enough dopamine and they have to search elsewhere for the “rewarding” sensation. Video games and other computer games provide that sense of reward, hence creating an emotional attachment. The problem is that someone can’t live off of dopamine created by a video game; they’ll grow to be depressed and socially …show more content…
There’s been an ongoing debate on whether or not video games and violent TV shows promote violent behavior. Despite what many say, video games can cause violence. 80% of video games are violence-based. If a child spends too much time around aggressive or mean friends, then they too will become aggressive or mean. There 's no difference with video games: too much time with it can turn an impressionable child into a zombie. Of course not every child (or even many) will become noticeably more aggressive as a consequence of gaming and watching TV, but emotional dangers aren 't the only
One of the first problems generally associated …show more content…
I have personally witnessed the effects of technology on children with ADHD. My own brother, 10 years old and diagnosed with ADHD, has an addiction to computers and mobile devices. He has an allotted time on the computer, but when the time comes to turn it off, he cries, screams, or simply doesn 't know what to do. He’ll wander around aimlessly not knowing what to do with himself. Ten years old and already trapped feeling empty without the daily distraction of electronics. We need to train our children to find joy in real life things, not virtual worlds. The fast-paced, exciting world of online games in comparison to the everyday life of a child can make any child antsy and unattentive, leading to hyperactivity. For a child with ADHD, their brains lack enough dopamine and they have to search elsewhere for the “rewarding” sensation. Video games and other computer games provide that sense of reward, hence creating an emotional attachment. The problem is that someone can’t live off of dopamine created by a video game; they’ll grow to be depressed and socially …show more content…
There’s been an ongoing debate on whether or not video games and violent TV shows promote violent behavior. Despite what many say, video games can cause violence. 80% of video games are violence-based. If a child spends too much time around aggressive or mean friends, then they too will become aggressive or mean. There 's no difference with video games: too much time with it can turn an impressionable child into a zombie. Of course not every child (or even many) will become noticeably more aggressive as a consequence of gaming and watching TV, but emotional dangers aren 't the only