Teensand The Internet: How Much Is Too Much?

Do you have a smartphone? Do you get on it everyday? In “Is Technology killing our friendships”, by Lauren Tarshis, she talks about how Technology is killing our friendships. One in 4 teens are on their phone constantly. Technology is killing our friendship.

I agree with Staples to an extent that teens are losing crucial skills needed to transition into adulthood. While I do agree that screen time shouldn’t replace face to face interaction, technology does have it usefulness. Technology has connected millions of people around the world and gave us access to endless information. It is constantly evolving, so it is important to keep in the mind that screen time cannot replace face to face interaction especially for teens that transitioning into adulthood. The internet has become apart of everyday life, so it important to take a break and live in the

Behavioral changes from one generation to the next naturally occur little by little. Nonetheless, changes in adolescent behavior from the millennial generation triumphing it have been substantial and revolutionary. Today’s teens have never witnessed a world without internet. The majority of them possess smartphones and waste several hours each week on social media. But while numerous parents may feel allayed about their teens’ seeming uninterested in drinking, driving and dating, they could perhaps be overlooking the effects that continuous internet access has on their teens’ mental well-being.

In “The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, the parents, George and Lydia, are to criticize for their own annihilation. The Veldt is a story about how virtual reality had a deficient influence on a family. This family moved into a house with an excessive load of technology. Everyday the children, Wendy and Peter, would go to the nursery and wreckage around with the virtual reality. They spent hours and sometimes even days in there. After a while they got incredibly addicted to the VR and never interacted with their own family. Then, this provoked them to eventually eradicate their parents because they treasured virtual reality to a higher degree than their own family.

Around 72% of parents say that they feel as if they have a good handle on technology and they are a good role model for their child when it comes to using it (Stress in America, 2017). Six in ten of those parent admitted that they were also “glued” to their phones as well, or constantly checking emails (Stress in America, 2017). Most parents, ninety four percent state that they take at least one action to help their children from being addicted to technology (Stress in America, 2017). They say they feel as if they are failing to succeed (Stress in America,

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains is a non-fiction book written by American writer Nicholas Carr published in 2010. The book follows Carr’s argument that the invention of new technology leads the networking of the brain to significantly change, lowering our attention span and concentration. Carr’s novel became a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Carr utilizes chapter two of his book to explore the history of theories of the brain relating to the topic of brain plasticity. He starts the chapter by introducing Friedrich Nietzsche, who suffered various health problems relating to an incident where he fell off a horse. Due to impending blindness as a result of the incident, Nietzsche purchased a Malling-Hansen

Children today use more technological devices and are active on social media platforms compared to children in the 1990’s. Technology plays a huge role when it comes to our daily lives. As technology continues to advance more people are becoming active on social media apps and websites. Texting and social media applications have many advancements and conveniences like easy access to information, entertainment and communicating with others. However, it also has consequences, especially for adolescents. Smart phones and tablets easily keep children occupied, yet there are many disadvantages when using technology at a young age. Technology affects everyone, but the obsessive social media consumption from adolescents is affecting their overall

Sue Honoré, an independent learning consultant who has studied people who were born from 1982 to 2002 has that “while young people are "undoubtedly capable of long periods of concentration", those who spend a lot of time alone using technology tend to have less in the way of communication skills, self-awareness and emotional intelligence”. It has been proven that around 31 nations that students who used computers everyday in class had lower test scores in reading and math than students who don’t use them as much (Study: Students Who Use in School Doesn’t Help Test Scores). Though technology is amazing and has given so many people different opportunities they would’ve never had before it is resulting in a few bad habits for students. Casey Schools systems around the United States have begun to rely on technology to teach their students instead of teachers to teach them. According Michael Godsey, a veteran high-school English educator, even said and agreed with many people today that we are at the point in time where since we have the internet at our fingertips, there is really no need for teachers

According to abcnews.com, “ Technology is the key to procrastination.” Since people missed sleep because they were browsing the internet, they had forgotten to do homework for the same reason. People procrastinate on their work and as a result, some of them ended up not doing homework at all. This causes student’s grades to drop and make them do bad in school. On the other hand, small doses of technology does benefit a child’s success. Students can use technology for research, play educational games, learn from different areas around the world, etc. Yes, little usage of technology does benefit a child’s success. Nevertheless, most students spends too much time on their devices and is most likely going to get addicted to it. Technology is fun, but it leads to procrastination and eventually failing in class. Even though technology very useful to use, relying on it would not be a good idea.

This study was conducted by Victoria Rideout. What’s concerning though is the fact that kids are multitasking while learning with their media devices. If they were multitasking while doing other things such as watching TV, than that wouldn’t be an issue. Technology overall is very hard to stay away from even during school. Many instructors are using the internet for online homework, communication between the students, and even to have students interact with each other on projects. Since these devices have been introduced into classrooms, it has made a huge distraction towards the students who are trying to stay focused for their school work. In a study involving spy ware, professor Kravshaar and professor Novak took note that about forty two percent of the times throughout students studying hours, non-course related activites were involved. The students were also aware that they were being recorded and still continued to stay off topic. According to Professor Rosen, texting, emailing, and

Some people say that social media is dangerous for kids because it changes their behaviors and more importantly it affects their learning for school. It is dangerous because, they never know who they are chatting with online. Social media changes children 's behaviors because they do unhealthy things that are intended for people over 18 years of age. It also affects their education in a bad way by using abbreviations or slang that threatens their skills in writing. However, others say that social media is beneficial for kids because researchers see them expressing themselves on it. There may be some reasons why social media is good for kids, but all and all social media is dangerous to the well-being and education of minors.

The child may call and text their parents anytime. Using the internet, social media turned out to be a mode for people to unite and communicate with people they previously identify (Hatch, 2011). Social media such as Facebook is a good way of communication with people who are far from one another. It is an important tool for them to be able to keep in touch with their love ones.

Social media has been a constant habit of teenagers, checking their phones in the morning and right before bed. As adolescents are on the media 24/7, teenagers are seen as being easily deceived online, which I believe is true. Therefore, these young people’s mental health is being damaged.

Should parents limit the use of social media for teenagers? That is a common question that is asked quite frequently in a world soaring with new technology and new social media sites. Today, teenagers live in a highly controlled technological world. When you look around, you always see a substantial amount of people scrolling on through their phone, barely paying attention to their surrounding environment and I have to say that sometimes I find myself in this situation as well. Every day, new advancements and applications dealing with technology are coming out that alter social function and capability. Social media sites including Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are at their peak when influencing young adults. Ongoing issues, cyberbullying, threats, and hate crimes are being presented through these social media sites and this is one of the multitude of reasons why parents should limit the use of technology for their teenagers. I agree that parents should limit the use of social media for their teenage child, or for any age child, because ongoing use causes lack of exercise, impaired social skills, and harm for threat and violence.

In the fast developing contemporary world, it seems to be that people cannot spend a day without social media, despite the fact of its numerous negative effects. The vulnerable teenagers should limit the use of social media by spending less time on the Internet as it can cause a number of negative consequences: it can lead to health as well as social problems. Proponents, however, argue that social media changed lives to the better as it made communication easier and faster and there are no negative effects from social media. They might also say it is impossible to withdraw from the Internet at all. This may be true and their argument is valid, nevertheless, all the negative impacts on one’s physical as well as mental health and social life outweigh the mentioned advantages.