How Is Technology Negatively Affecting Toddlers
Assignment #1-Personal Essay
Is technology negatively affecting toddlers? Honestly, in my opinion, technology can negatively impact a toddler, but it also can benefit them intellectually. I firmly believe children learn better through social interaction. An iPad is not going to teach a toddler how to respond to a question or how to react in a particular situation. Also, I feel technology benefits a toddler intellectual, but their "screen time" should be limited. Monitoring toddlers and technology is meaningful to me because children become addicted to it, children play and interact differently nowadays, and it causes obesity. Toddlers today are becoming more and more attached to technology. In the United Kingdom, a four-year-old girl had to undergo therapy because she had an addiction to her iPad. Children who spend a significant amount of time using tablet and smartphones are at risk for their social and emotional development to be affected. In my opinion, children should spend more time outside than on their tablets or smartphones. Toddlers should have a set time limit to use this technology instead of being able to freely use their tablets and smartphones for how long they …show more content…
A decrease in physical activity in toddlers is a result of increased exposure to technology. This increased of technology exposure causes toddlers to sit around and snack more which leads to significant weight gain and a bad habit. On average children spend about seven hours a day using some type technology. I strongly believe parents should make their children at least spend thirty minutes to an hour doing some type physical activity outside and less time using technology. This physical activity can be something fun; it does not have to be a workout. Technology is one of the main reasons obesity rate has risen in
Is technology negatively affecting toddlers? Honestly, in my opinion, technology can negatively impact a toddler, but it also can benefit them intellectually. I firmly believe children learn better through social interaction. An iPad is not going to teach a toddler how to respond to a question or how to react in a particular situation. Also, I feel technology benefits a toddler intellectual, but their "screen time" should be limited. Monitoring toddlers and technology is meaningful to me because children become addicted to it, children play and interact differently nowadays, and it causes obesity. Toddlers today are becoming more and more attached to technology. In the United Kingdom, a four-year-old girl had to undergo therapy because she had an addiction to her iPad. Children who spend a significant amount of time using tablet and smartphones are at risk for their social and emotional development to be affected. In my opinion, children should spend more time outside than on their tablets or smartphones. Toddlers should have a set time limit to use this technology instead of being able to freely use their tablets and smartphones for how long they …show more content…
A decrease in physical activity in toddlers is a result of increased exposure to technology. This increased of technology exposure causes toddlers to sit around and snack more which leads to significant weight gain and a bad habit. On average children spend about seven hours a day using some type technology. I strongly believe parents should make their children at least spend thirty minutes to an hour doing some type physical activity outside and less time using technology. This physical activity can be something fun; it does not have to be a workout. Technology is one of the main reasons obesity rate has risen in