Impact+of+Technology+on+Children

=Technology Negative Impact on Children:=

mobile devices and MP3 players. No doubt, technology has had numerous influences on children both good and bad. Improvement is not going to happen anytime soon, technology will become a larger influence in their lives than anything. In whichever way the world has to change to the fact that technology will continue to grow and invade into the kids lives. In the past children consumed their time being active in the neighborhood and riding bicycles to the store for treats. Nowadays, games replaces these activities in forms of cops and robbers that were once played outside by the kids in the backyard. Before, a kids life was more cheery in which they didn't have any automatic toys to keep them busy. On a lighter note, parents did not have to worry as much as they do today when allowing their kids out to play (Corkern). Life was different before the advance in technology. While the on spreading of the mass media doesn't aim towards the impact on children, it indirectly has a tremendous effect on their lives ("How Tech"). Parents are scared to let their children get out to the outdoors by themselves and as a result have enforce technical devices as a replacement for entertainment. There are other effects of technology on children. Society is currently debating over problems such as obesity and addiction on games and internet. There is also debate on how technology have caused kids to become lazy and sluggish. However, technology doesn't essentially cause laziness, but it does give kids the tendency to do it because there are no other alternative (Oak).
 * Technology has had a momentous outcome on children in terms of the negative effects**. Kids in nowadays generation are in love with the digital devices. This is due to the fact that they have never lived without it. Today’s generation have a pretty difficult time living a life without gadgets such as video games, Internet, television,

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=Technology Positive Impact on Children:=

In fact, technology provides children the feeling of authorization and offers them the equipments to solve problems. The Internet, offers a vast amount of knowledge to children in which they can access in order to absorb the information. Computer software, helps kids learn and can also be a terrific tool to use in order to develop learning and creativity. Video games offer ways for kids to work together and take turns and learn basic rules of teamwork and collaborating. The key to balancing these positive and negative effects of technology on children is moderation (pheifer) Parents can intentionally use technology to increase the learning experience. As a society, one need to guide the next generation towards the future because whatever impact technology will have on that group of individual will later on effect society as a whole (Oak). []
 * Although technology does have its negative impact on children, there are some good consequences to all these technical devices**. It is true that technology has clearly increased the value of life in many positive way (Oak).