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Impact of Technology on Children

Technology plays a significant role in this 21st century. It has eased the pace in which many processes get carried out, and this has a tremendous positive effect in the way of living. Technology advancements range from infrastructures, communication, education, manufacturing, processing, and e-commerce and so on. It has both its advantages and disadvantages both outweighing each other. To the younger ones, technology has also played a significant role in how they develop due to what they are exposed. They are taught in schools using computers, communicate with a family member on social networks, get entertained, and all this has affected how they behave in society.

Many technological companies have invested heavily in different advancements especially for the younger ones to enable them to learn and get entertained in a better way. Comparatively to the 1990s children’s, the current generation uses more technology (Wang et al. 2004), and this has both negative and positive impact thus the need for parental control. Children are exposed to televisions, smartphones, video games, internet, social networks, computers, tablets and many more. This paper will look at how technology has impacted negatively on children and what needs to be done to counteract this effect.

Technology has made children waste a lot of time on non-beneficial internet sites and video games. They spend the most time watching televisions or socializing; time that would be spent on books and or physical playing. Technology can increase the creative nature of a child, but in the same sense, it can be harmful to their development process. A child needs enough time to sleep, pray, learn and even relate well with their peers. All these activities can be achieved only when they are not allowed to waste time on these technologies. Also, a child who spends the most time watching television tends to take a lot of snack while on it. It can make the kid fat due to the deposit of fats in their bodies which can cause obesity, heart failure and other fatal diseases (Wang et al. 2004). They also reduce their movements and so fewer exercises; some of which would have been done while physically playing. Parents are advised to control such effects by creating a schedule that the child can follow or completely ban the use of such non-educational technologies.

Internet technology exposes young mind to materials that created only for adult entertainments. These sites have advertisements, programs and videos that may promote behaviors such as the use of drugs, pornographic materials, hatred and violence (Mesman et al. 2013). Such sites may contain a strong adult theme that may mentally damage the minds of the younger ones. Exposure of such materials to a child would make them want to practice or behave in such a manner. They would think that that is the accepted way of life as it is practiced by adults. It can be tamed by parents getting involved in their children lives. They should continuously monitor the sites they open and if possible use activities such as playing, swimming, visiting places, doing chores together to distract them from watching such sites. Parents should not be too busy in their workplaces and lives to forget that the child also requires their attention. They should be home early to play with them, socialize with them and supervise them as they do their homework.

Children who go to school are hindered from thinking and being creative due to the presence of internet sources. They look up all the information and thus making it difficult to test their understanding of a concept. Internet hinders them from the one thing that makes us humans the ability to reason. They are shaping the way individuals think and act. Activities such as reading help the brain be more focus and imaginative. Clear thinking paves the way for essential aspects in life such as language, decision making, creativity, learning, and memory. It is the foundation that a child needs for proper growth into a happy individual.

Children who spend a lot of time on technologies may develop a mental condition such as depression and loneliness. It is because they do not interact with their peers as often as they are required. They instead stay indoors; an activity that deprives them of sunlight which is essential for Vitamin D. Their emotion well-being is affected when they do not a high level of social media use. They get depressed when they lack someone to talk to or to express their feelings, can have low self-esteem and negative moods (Mesman et al. 2013). The outcome of this is a constrained relationship between children with their peers or parents. Children may find it difficult to pick up on social cues or in relating to their peers. Technologies have controlled how they think, feel and have reduced their ability to focus and concentrate. It is attributed to the need for paying attention to many things at once.

Healthwise, some technology is associated with the harmful rays that come from the screens of televisions, computers, and tablets. The beams may destroy the eye site of a child and may hinder them from having enough sleep. The brain is unable to have enough rest, and this attributes to the problem of lack of concentration. Studies have shown that none of the advanced technology can compete with the development benefits that a child incurs while on real-life activities and human interactions (Mesman et al. 2013). For the young toddlers, screen time is dangerous as it hinders them from learning how to crawl, walk, and pick up things jump and many more — the time spent while being glued to the screens delays their development process. For the children in school, they can quickly get involved in cyber crimes and have suicidal thoughts.

Technology also has tremendous benefits to the lives of a child. It is considered a wave of the future and thus exposing children with it will give them a creative and innovative mind. They will grow interested in learning how things were traditionally done and how technology has helped ease the process, and this is a good encouragement for them to want to be computer savvy and get degrees in technology. Through such degrees, they can join big companies or also open such companies and create employment. Successful individuals such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have founded their wealth on technology (Wang et al. 2004). These children can be the next inventor of a more important venture that will be beneficial to the world. It is also good to note that most entrepreneurs who have invested heavily in technology do not introduce this world to their kids but instead wait till they are old enough to expose them.

Parents can talk to the younger ones and explain to them the negative impact on some technology in their development. Try finding alternatives to things that they can be doing instead of being addicted to television, video games, and smartphones. Parents should also act as an example by using technology purposefully. They should not be seen in over using such technology while prohibiting the same. Parents should strive at spending maximum time with their children to help them develop good morals, communication skills, self-esteem and controlling their emotions. Such interactions will build some social skills, problem-solving skills, and good personalities.

In conclusion, therefore, technology is seen to have numerous negative impacts on childhood development. The effects can be minimized through parental control of advanced technological devices or total limiting their use. It, however, does not mean that all technologies are harmful to kids or that children should not use them. There are also many positive impacts of technology on the younger once and thus the need to control its use. Such positive effects are the easement getting reading materials, entertainments and socializing. Too much of anything is harmful; therefore every technology to be used by children should be monitored.

Work cited

Mesman, G. R., Kuo, D. Z., Carroll, J. L., & Ward, W. L. (2013). The impact of technology dependence on children and their families. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 27(6), 451-459.

Wang, K. W. K., & Barnard, A. (2004). Technology‐dependent children and their families: a review. Journal of advanced nursing, 45(1), 36-46.