How Technology Is Affecting Young Children

Each day there is a new piece of technology that is introduced that is better than the devices that were put out from last year, last month and even yesterday. The new technology is harming both teenagers and younger children in many different ways. While they are going to school to get an education; they have been learning less than expected. The relationships they have with both family and friends is a lot different than it would have been ten years prior to 2015. Technology is also affecting the health of the teens and children in many different ways. As technology advance, it continues to harm the youth's health, relationships and educational growth.

While having the different technological devices such as phones, iPods, game systems …show more content…
There have been problems with development caused by technology. Young children spend on average seven and a half hours watching television during the day. Many parents think that this is okay because they have “education” television on and it also helps to distract the kids from getting into undesired shenanigans. Using television as a babysitter for your child not completely horrible, but it should be for a minimal amount of time. Television limits the creativity that the children should be using during the day. Having technology as the main play factor in a young child's day could cause “limited creativity and imagination that limits the necessary challenges to their body’s to achieve optimal sensory and motor developments” (Teenick, p.4). Using technology as a babysitter may be helpful for many but it is not the best thing from children to be learning from due to the lack of creativity and imagination that they should be using on a daily …show more content…
Health issues have become a very large topic with many different causes over the last few years. There are a lot of different issues that could come from using electronic devices for too long in a day. Isolation, lack of social skills, depression, development issues, a short attention span, stress and addiction are all mental health issues that come with using too much technology. Stress can be caused from a lack of privacy, which can lead to violent bullying whether it be online or in person. Because of the use of the devise and position of the body when using it, the child/teen could develop tendonitis, neck and head pain, loss of hearing, loss of eye sight and neurosis. They could lose their hearing if they spend long periods of time listening to their music at a volume that is too loud for their eardrums. Loss in eyesight could happen when the eyes are being strain from lighting that is not the right setting for the device that they are using. Poor sleep habits are also a negative health issue that could arise. For example, if a teen is watching Netflix or texting a boy she likes, she will stay up until her eyes cannot stay open anymore. From personal experience, I know that some young children become addicted and obsessed to electronics. They will go to sleep late watching shows or playing games, then get up