The main point made by the author, Amy Williams, is that children should be limited on the amount of time they can be on their phones. Williams believes that children having phones is mostly a bad thing. Williams, through the help of other highly sophisticated people, believes that when children are overusing touch-screen technology their brains development could be impacted, but she also lists some reasons as to why smartphones and technology have benefits too. Williams supports her main points by giving the opinions of what other sophisticated doctors and educators have come up with. Through Jean Piaget, who was one of the first persons to study how a child’s brain develops, Williams supports her main idea on how children need to spend less
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Williams conducted her main point properly with use of research. The research she presents is conducted properly because in Dr. Small’s experiment he shows two groups, a controlled and uncontrolled group, to show the difference between the brain function of tech-savvy children and not tech-savvy children. Also, Williams shows a few reasons as too why technology for children can be a good thing, and by showing this Williams does not isolate the use of technology as a positive thing, but she still gives more information on why too much technology negatively impacts the brain. One weak feature of this article is that Williams does not present statistical data on how the use of technology at a young age effects the brain negatively. If she were to show stats, her argument would be more sophisticated and supported stronger than it already …show more content…
In the article “Kids under 9 spend more than 2 hours a day on screens, report shows”, by Jacqueline Howard, on CNN.com, Howard explains how in 2013 children eight years old or younger spent about 15 minutes staring at a device or mobile screen and now it has increased to 48 minutes a day(cnn.com). Also, 48% of children eight years old or younger have their own electronic device (cnn.com). In the beginning of Williams’ article, she states that as children get older the number of them that have a mobile device increases. Howard gives a good tip that will allow parents to communicate with their children more. Howard explains that parents should avoid background TV when no one is watching because parents talk to their kids less when there’s background TV on. William states that parents should encourage family meals and communication to limit time spent on a smartphone. So, when parents want to communicate with their children they should turn the TV off, as Howard explained. To me I agree with William when she discussed the fact that when kids are using technology devices it takes away learning exploring the world physically through interactions and playing with other children. I agree with this because I see it happening with my eleven-year-old brother. My brother has increased his screen time and has decreased his play with his friends recently, and his screen time seems to be increasing every
Williams conducted her main point properly with use of research. The research she presents is conducted properly because in Dr. Small’s experiment he shows two groups, a controlled and uncontrolled group, to show the difference between the brain function of tech-savvy children and not tech-savvy children. Also, Williams shows a few reasons as too why technology for children can be a good thing, and by showing this Williams does not isolate the use of technology as a positive thing, but she still gives more information on why too much technology negatively impacts the brain. One weak feature of this article is that Williams does not present statistical data on how the use of technology at a young age effects the brain negatively. If she were to show stats, her argument would be more sophisticated and supported stronger than it already …show more content…
In the article “Kids under 9 spend more than 2 hours a day on screens, report shows”, by Jacqueline Howard, on CNN.com, Howard explains how in 2013 children eight years old or younger spent about 15 minutes staring at a device or mobile screen and now it has increased to 48 minutes a day(cnn.com). Also, 48% of children eight years old or younger have their own electronic device (cnn.com). In the beginning of Williams’ article, she states that as children get older the number of them that have a mobile device increases. Howard gives a good tip that will allow parents to communicate with their children more. Howard explains that parents should avoid background TV when no one is watching because parents talk to their kids less when there’s background TV on. William states that parents should encourage family meals and communication to limit time spent on a smartphone. So, when parents want to communicate with their children they should turn the TV off, as Howard explained. To me I agree with William when she discussed the fact that when kids are using technology devices it takes away learning exploring the world physically through interactions and playing with other children. I agree with this because I see it happening with my eleven-year-old brother. My brother has increased his screen time and has decreased his play with his friends recently, and his screen time seems to be increasing every