Likewise, it shows that internet revolutionized how people think and work especially children, it also gives them access to the world but limits their development. It has become a permanent part of people’s lives. There is a great concern about how it may be affecting the children. However, they can learn to embrace its advantages, reduce its adverse effects and raise children who can still relate heart-to-heart with people, appreciate and participate in the beauty and wonders of nature and grow up to be well-rounded, healthy, caring and compassionate adults. The challenge for parents is to understand the benefits and pitfalls of children’s internet use and to help their children create balance in their lives.
Gadgets have posed a bad impact …show more content…
This can have long-term effects, especially in general communication skills, jobs, relationships, and may even cause health issues (Anonymous, 2011).
Likewise, the use of internet has no adverse effects on children's social or psychological outcomes, and has positive effects on their academic outcomes. More research is needed to examine the generalizability of these findings, to identify mediating mechanisms by which Internet use influences academic outcomes, and to develop and evaluate interventions designed to maximize the benefits of Internet use for children (Jackson, et. al, 2003). According to (Cohen, et. al, Wills, 2013), contacting directly can help communicators know more about social norms as well as make their self-confidence stronger. Therefore, if this kind of contact decreases, which probably results from the abuse of technology in interacting, people might have no idea about basic etiquettes and feel insecure when communicating with others or in public places. Moreover, they may have to face the possibility that both of their verbal and non-verbal skills would be …show more content…
Internet is important in people’s lives. The time is ripe to assess the impact of home computer use on child and adolescent development. Parents shouldn’t allow their children to use social networks because communication development is crucial for children. According to pewinternet.org, “a bit more than a third (37%) of social network-using teens said they sent messages to friends every day through the social sites, a drop from the 42% of such teens who said they did so in February of 2008”. Face to face communication among children is being squashed out by social networks. The consequences of this are social awkwardness and even social anxiety when confronted with new people to meet in person (Anonymous, 2013).
Internet should serve us as an assistive tool to increase communication efficiency and effectiveness rather than as a means of “bypassing” correctness in form and compromising quality (McFarlane,
Gadgets have posed a bad impact …show more content…
This can have long-term effects, especially in general communication skills, jobs, relationships, and may even cause health issues (Anonymous, 2011).
Likewise, the use of internet has no adverse effects on children's social or psychological outcomes, and has positive effects on their academic outcomes. More research is needed to examine the generalizability of these findings, to identify mediating mechanisms by which Internet use influences academic outcomes, and to develop and evaluate interventions designed to maximize the benefits of Internet use for children (Jackson, et. al, 2003). According to (Cohen, et. al, Wills, 2013), contacting directly can help communicators know more about social norms as well as make their self-confidence stronger. Therefore, if this kind of contact decreases, which probably results from the abuse of technology in interacting, people might have no idea about basic etiquettes and feel insecure when communicating with others or in public places. Moreover, they may have to face the possibility that both of their verbal and non-verbal skills would be …show more content…
Internet is important in people’s lives. The time is ripe to assess the impact of home computer use on child and adolescent development. Parents shouldn’t allow their children to use social networks because communication development is crucial for children. According to pewinternet.org, “a bit more than a third (37%) of social network-using teens said they sent messages to friends every day through the social sites, a drop from the 42% of such teens who said they did so in February of 2008”. Face to face communication among children is being squashed out by social networks. The consequences of this are social awkwardness and even social anxiety when confronted with new people to meet in person (Anonymous, 2013).
Internet should serve us as an assistive tool to increase communication efficiency and effectiveness rather than as a means of “bypassing” correctness in form and compromising quality (McFarlane,