Technology Effects On Children's Socialization

Technology on children’s socialization
Cellular devices are a form of technology most familiar with everyone. They allow parents to contact their children in cases of emergency, and also allow people to see one another over long distances by facetime. However, the benefits to cellular devices, do not outweigh the harms. Instead of playing outside with their friends, children are more inclined to spend time on their cellular devices. There are hundreds of different types of cell phones. Most people have smartphones which have internet access and touch screens. These phones are very addictive to children. It causes them to have less physical and social contact with the outside world. They will text during class, during exams, and even while …show more content…
They allow people to find useful information online and are very convenient to keep in touch with long lost friends or relatives. It is also very time consuming and can cause children to become less social. Social media sites can lead to a major source of procrastination and cause children to avoid doing important tasks such as their homework or chores. When children are “online” they are isolated from the “real world”. This creates a sense of belongingness in the virtual world for these children. They become more adapted to spending valuable time on the internet, then they would with their friends or family. Social media sites are also very unpredictable because people can be cruel and hurtful for no apparent reason. The second article, Real-world dangers in an online reality: A qualitative study examining online relationships and cyber abuse, states that “cyber abuse is a term that encompasses a wide range of aggressive online activities, including bullying, stalking, sexual soicitatation, and pornograpgy. [It] occurs insidiously via web-based and other forms of modern technology”. Cyber abuse can result from children spending too much time on social media sites, and can also cause children to become very antisocial because of the ill-treatment they are receiving …show more content…
There are hundreds of different types of games that are available on cellphones. Children will spend anywhere, from one to four hours, just playing games. These games are very useless and will not help children in anyway. If children are to play games and spend that much time on them, then it should be learning based like a math game or a trivia game. These types of games will test children and expand their intellectual levels. If the children are playing unnecessary games like candy crush or flappy bird, then it will harm them. They should be spending more time outside playing with friends or spending time with family. If children are only on their cellphones, playing games, then they will become very antisocial. For instance, at a family or friends event, children will take out their cellphones and start playing on it, instead of conversing with other children their