Discuss The Negative Effects Of Technology On Children

that the development of a depressive disorder is highly likely and physical repercussions like obesity to be highly common due to a lack of physical exercise. Technology has been linked to cause anxiety, depressive disorders effecting the way that children are able to grow up and thus, limiting their lifestyles. According to Beyond Blue, a leading mental health service in Australia, Anxiety, entails the feelings of “excessive fear, worry, catastrophizing, or obsessive thinking” – Beyond Blue.org and is becoming more and more common in children who are playing with technology such as gaming (Beyondblue.org.au, 2017). Primarily this is due to the fact that young children are unable to understand the difference between the gaming world and real life. A report from the United States asserts that in extreme cases, children feel like they’re constantly followed, causing paranoia thus, deteriorating their mental health through constant anxiety and lack of sleep, leading to poor school performance limiting their …show more content…
While technology presents many advantages that support children in the short term for schooling and entertainment purposes, the negative side effects are not advertised as they should be. This is because excessive technological use can lead to the extreme side effects of emotional distress such as anxiety, depression and the physical side effects of obesity and insomnia. In conclusion, technology has an extremely negative impact upon the lives of Australian children. Whilst there are positive uses for technology regarding educational purposes, the entertainment of children is not one and children should be limited in their allowed usage to prevent the negative side effects from