Imagine being new to parenting, and having a screaming toddler. The only thing that seems to calm them down is a bright, colorful screen. They seem mesmerized by it, and stop crying instantly. It is the perfect temporary babysitter. They can watch educational videos and play games, but consider the negative effects. iPads were introduced about eight years ago, and have been gradually gaining new and exciting features since then. In America, 42% of children 8 and younger now have their own tablet devices. On average, these children spend 48 minutes a day staring at a mobile screen. Is the increased time on devices getting dangerous? Children should have less screen time.
“Educational” programming is no substitute for one-on-one interaction. …show more content…
Walton “How Too Much Screen Time Affects Kids' Bodies And Brains” showed similar results. The study showed that teenagers who spend more time on social media, internet, texting, and gaming thought about suicide much more than kids who didn’t. About 48% of the teens who spent five or more hours each day on their phones had thought about suicide, however, the other teens only spent one hour per day on their phones. In reality, teenagers who used more free time being involved in sports, doing homework, and socializing with friends in person had a much lower risk for both depression and suicide. Also, according to the “American Academy of Pediatrics,” kids who are 8-18 years old spend more than 7 hours a day looking at a screen. This amount of screen time can clearly impact the amount of face to face time that a teen has. Technology has definitely influenced teenagers to be suicidal. This shows that teenagers who spend less time on their phone are 20% less likely to be …show more content…
They observed that if they slept with their phones next to their heads at night, they had difficulty concentrating at school the next day. They wished to study the effect of a cellphone's radiation on humans, but their school did not have the equipment to allow it. The girls designed an experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on a plant. They put six trays filled with Lepidium sativum in a room with no radiation, and six trays of the same seeds in another room near two routers that emitted about the same type of radiation as an ordinary cell phone. Throughout the next 12 days, these students observed, measured, and weighed their results. At the end of the experiment, the results were clear — the cress seeds placed next to the router had not grown at all. In fact, many of them were completely dead. Although, the cress seeds growing in the other room, without the routers,
“Educational” programming is no substitute for one-on-one interaction. …show more content…
Walton “How Too Much Screen Time Affects Kids' Bodies And Brains” showed similar results. The study showed that teenagers who spend more time on social media, internet, texting, and gaming thought about suicide much more than kids who didn’t. About 48% of the teens who spent five or more hours each day on their phones had thought about suicide, however, the other teens only spent one hour per day on their phones. In reality, teenagers who used more free time being involved in sports, doing homework, and socializing with friends in person had a much lower risk for both depression and suicide. Also, according to the “American Academy of Pediatrics,” kids who are 8-18 years old spend more than 7 hours a day looking at a screen. This amount of screen time can clearly impact the amount of face to face time that a teen has. Technology has definitely influenced teenagers to be suicidal. This shows that teenagers who spend less time on their phone are 20% less likely to be …show more content…
They observed that if they slept with their phones next to their heads at night, they had difficulty concentrating at school the next day. They wished to study the effect of a cellphone's radiation on humans, but their school did not have the equipment to allow it. The girls designed an experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on a plant. They put six trays filled with Lepidium sativum in a room with no radiation, and six trays of the same seeds in another room near two routers that emitted about the same type of radiation as an ordinary cell phone. Throughout the next 12 days, these students observed, measured, and weighed their results. At the end of the experiment, the results were clear — the cress seeds placed next to the router had not grown at all. In fact, many of them were completely dead. Although, the cress seeds growing in the other room, without the routers,