Technology has become an essential part of our everyday lives. Whether we want to admit it or not, progress in technology simplified and improved the way we connect with other people, go about our daily lives, pay bills, and have access to information. Nowadays, most people can’t even imagine living without a computer, GPS, mobile phone, and so on. But how do these gadgets impact the development of the young ones? Are they going to become intelligent and healthy adults or just the opposite?
To help us find some answers, the documentary “Growing Up with Gadgets”, gives us an insight in the daily life of an eight-year old girl named Emma. Emma is an ordinary girl who goes to school, likes the outdoors, is active and participates in extracurricular …show more content…
A recent study conducted in the United States on 54,611 children, from six to seventeen years of age, shows that 20.8% of children under twelve years of age and 26.1% teenagers age twelve to seventeen, had excessive screen time (over two hours a day). Frequently children that have a TV in their room are more likely to exceed the two-hour threshold screen time and experience health related issues. Excessive screen time is connected with inadequate amount of sleep (37.9%), less physical activities (35%), and, consequently, higher levels of obesity. Although results varied among racial and age groups, and gender, the rate of obesity was three times higher in children who have a TV in their bedroom and exceed screen time compared with children without a TV in their bedroom and within screen time recommendations (20.9% vs. 7.6%) (Wethington et al., …show more content…
Cyberbullying is a fairly recent practice that enables aggressors to intimidate their victims on social media. Every day, thousands of children are harassed, threatened, or shamed by other persons, through text messages, embarrassing pictures or posts on different websites. Most children that are victims of cyberbullying also experience traditional bullying in school or on the playground. What makes online bullying somehow more dangerous than its physical form, is the concealed identity of the aggressor and the fact that it can be continuous and, thus, harder for the victims to avoid it. Moreover, the audience is larger, making it easier for the perpetrator to publicly humiliate his or her targets. As a consequence, children who experience cyberbullying are more likely to have lower self-esteem, isolate themselves from their peers, and miss school in order to avoid public
To help us find some answers, the documentary “Growing Up with Gadgets”, gives us an insight in the daily life of an eight-year old girl named Emma. Emma is an ordinary girl who goes to school, likes the outdoors, is active and participates in extracurricular …show more content…
A recent study conducted in the United States on 54,611 children, from six to seventeen years of age, shows that 20.8% of children under twelve years of age and 26.1% teenagers age twelve to seventeen, had excessive screen time (over two hours a day). Frequently children that have a TV in their room are more likely to exceed the two-hour threshold screen time and experience health related issues. Excessive screen time is connected with inadequate amount of sleep (37.9%), less physical activities (35%), and, consequently, higher levels of obesity. Although results varied among racial and age groups, and gender, the rate of obesity was three times higher in children who have a TV in their bedroom and exceed screen time compared with children without a TV in their bedroom and within screen time recommendations (20.9% vs. 7.6%) (Wethington et al., …show more content…
Cyberbullying is a fairly recent practice that enables aggressors to intimidate their victims on social media. Every day, thousands of children are harassed, threatened, or shamed by other persons, through text messages, embarrassing pictures or posts on different websites. Most children that are victims of cyberbullying also experience traditional bullying in school or on the playground. What makes online bullying somehow more dangerous than its physical form, is the concealed identity of the aggressor and the fact that it can be continuous and, thus, harder for the victims to avoid it. Moreover, the audience is larger, making it easier for the perpetrator to publicly humiliate his or her targets. As a consequence, children who experience cyberbullying are more likely to have lower self-esteem, isolate themselves from their peers, and miss school in order to avoid public