Essays on Children and Technology

Children are spending more time on smartphones and they are mostly accessing social media and playing video games. They are not using this opportunity to learn new things or gain more knowledge. The amount of time spent on unproductive activities on screens has been affecting...

Today, children as young as one years old are frequently using technology. However, the use of technology at such a young age can impact a child’s social and emotional development. Children under the age of eight using technology have almost become universal, engaging with devices...

Digital Society has transformed the way people relate to each other forever. Every individual has the power to express himself in real time to the world, generating contents that are perpetuated on the Internet. However, without education, what would be a positive thing can generate...

Screen time does not only mean spending time in front of the television, it also means spending time on smartphones, computers, and other glowing electronic devices. Kids are spending more and more time in front of these devices and they are mostly accessing social media...

Adults do not pay too much attention to the influence television has since adults are older. Unfortunately, children on the other hand get absorbed by what they see on television. Children are influenced several ways by being placed in front of a television for hours...

The first source, “The Association Between Electronic Media and Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Late Childhood” explore relation between behavioral and emotional problems and frequently use of electronic media. The purpose of this study was show consequences and implications in child hood for a high...

Continuity and change are integral, they both refer to the new innovations and life changes that might be affected by technology, westernisation, and globalisation. Before establishing technology, parents used to put so much effort into looking after their toddlers and follow every step they would...

Social media has taken over the world seemingly overnight, but how does this affect children? Is social media safe, most especially for our children? The social media craze starts young these days, and it seems to keep getting younger. Although the terms of agreement state...

As our civilization started to become more advanced, we always strive to create an entertainment medium that could fill our mundane life. From the creation of toys until the inventions of digital mediums such as the radio and the television we always seek for the...

Watching Television is one of the most actual and influential performances on children. Did you know that the current average time an American child spends watching television is more than 50 hours per week? Calculating approximately seven hours and fifteen minutes per day, kids are...