Screen Time By Nanea Hoffman Summary

Technology that contributes to long-distance communication, makes it possible for family and friends to stay connected while achieving better opportunities in a farther location.

Likewise, Mildred and our society and the new generation of children are becoming addicted to technology. According to The Chicago School, “Many technological devices and programs have proven to be addictive, including TV. While plenty of people use television as means of entertainment or unwinding after a long day, others can be consumed by television in every waking moment” (The Chicago School). So many people are so used to scrolling on their phones and giving their children iPads and phones, that we are becoming so attached to them that we don’t set them down or can go without them for a long period of

I started to gain more knowledge on how this technology exactly effects children 's behavior and social skills. At first I thought video games only negatively effected a child 's behavior and social skills. My understanding changed was I realized the countless amount of positive effects that can result from attentively playing video games. These positives only can occur with time restrictions and age appropriate regulations. These changes made it easier for me to construct a counterargument in my

The children could not imagine spending a few short hours without their nursery, showing the dependency the children have formed to this device. A reality without the technology seems so difficult the kids go on to say, “it would be horrid” (165) and “That sounds dreadful”(163). Though the children and parents are both reliant on technology the parents have the maturity and rationality to know they can live without it. Similarly, overuse of modern technology can be dangerous for children as they can form a quick dependency on that

Phones, iPods, televisions, tablets, computers. Go back about 100 years or so and you’ll be lucky to find a landline or payphone. Today, technology is a part of our everyday lives. Most say that technology distracts kids, isolates them, and crazes them into addiction. “Shut Down Your Screen Week” is a national movement, challenging families to drift away from technology for a week.

According to a recent survey conducted by Common Sense Media, people spend about 9 to 10 hours on technology every day. According to an article on CNN, the recommended amount of time is two hours or less. The kids in “The Veldt” played in the nursery for way over two hours. This caused them to get addicted to the nursery.

In the past few years humans have spent much more time indoors with their technology than outdoors. Televisions, computers, and smartphones tend to draw greater numbers of people inside their homes, just as humans did in the futuristic world of Leonard Mead where no one left their homes at night. (“The Pedestrian”). Children especially have been infected with the media bug, much like Peter and Wendy, who are unable to stray away from their virtual reality in “The Veldt”. It is understandable that many-particularly older- people believe that technology is affecting how human naturally interact with each other and their surroundings.

A big problem in the Veldt is, How do parents and kids stop themselves from getting too addicted to technology. Computer game should only be played after you do important work, such as, cleaning, homework, special projects ect. Also, even if you’re busy don’t use technology to keep kids away from you for too long, better yet, not at all, get them a friend to play with, a board game, says techaddiction. I agree with this because if everyone just played technology all day no one would go to school, no one would go to college, job, money, house, all gone, and all of the people just playing on technology would become obese and ill, have to go to the hospital, but since no one went to school and collage, no one would be a doctor and everyone would die! Because the children in The Veldt were doing this and that’s why they got addicted to technology in the first

In addition to limiting the time spent on screen media, parents are encouraged to ban the use of screen media in bedrooms and are encouraged to monitor the use of screen time based on child’s personal health and developmental stage as each child is unique (AAP,

Lydia Delaney’s Topic Question, Thesis, and Annotated Bibliography Question: How does excessive screen time affect children and adolescents? Thesis: Parents and childcare takers need to severely limit screen time of children and supplement this time with outdoor play time because excessive screen time will negatively affect children’s sleep, physical health, and mental health. Annotated Bibliography Hale, Lauren, and Standford Guan.

Sometimes people use television to forget about a hard time at work, others using phones in public, causing lack of communication with people nearby. “Little by little, technology has become an integral part of the way that people communicate with one another and has increasingly taken the place of face-to-face communication. Due to the rapid expansion of technology, many individuals fear that people may be too immersed in this digital world and not present enough in the real world,”. People, especially in the United States, spend so much time on the internet they get separated from their real life and don't know what’s going on around them. Not only does Technology take away from everyone's real life, but it also distances people from family and friends.

Growing Up Tethered A professor at the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, Sherry Turkle talks about how kids today are attached and somewhat obsessed with technology in her article called “Growing Up Tethered.” Turkle interviews with many different teenagers about the different types of technology they possess and how it impacts their everyday life. She talks a lot about how technology can do away with our privacy and also how people feel the need to be constantly connected.

As a person who has grown up watching tv, playing video games, and also enjoying the outdoors i can understand both sides of this arguement. However, i agree more with the second passage in the sense that screen time isnt the main cause of the issues these people have. Now-a-days everyone is linked into some type of technology whether it be a smartphone, laptop, or videogame. In addition, as a person who excels better with a visual or physical example rather than reading text from a book, I see technology as a way to better learn new things. Screen time isn't the issue, I feel it's more how you choose to use it.

The use of smartphones is beneficial because it allows one to record their life. Dickerson’s passage is mainly composed on his life experiences and includes examples on how he uses his smartphone to capture meaningful moments with his children. For instance, he mentions “We talked until the pine needles we sat on were fully embedded, and then we took a selfie before climbing down for dinner. Now wherever I am, I can access those feelings by looking at a picture of that perch,” (Dickerson 257).

The screen time of your children might be scaring and frustrating you, but if this is the case of a good parenting you can convert this annoying screen time into a positive one. Although the digital devices might consist of many dangers or risks in the present era but on