Screen Time Limits Are Vital For Children

Technology has progressed significantly within the past twenty years, and much like adults, children are being a part of a controversial subject. There are many forms of technology and most everyone nowadays has at least one form, so it is easy to become accustomed to having hours of screen time. Screen time should be limited for children not only for their mental development, but for their social development as well. Technology is a blessing and a curse, it has lead to many profound inventions yet the effects of it is easily seen. In the Screen Time Limits Are Vital for Children essay, the writer states in paragraph four "Studies report that television viewing by preschoolers lowers their executive functions such as the ability to complete a given task." Children are already facing the hardships of learning disabilities such as ADHD/ADD, and unlimited screen time would certainly not help those disorders. A child should be interacting with family members for the majority of time spent at home, not having their nose in a screen. Also in the essay, they point out the fact that researchers are discovering decreases in kids' creativity. Creativity has many benefits mentally and emotionally, and that
One child is handed a screen on a daily basis at home, and is not at the same level socially as the other preschoolers. The child doesn't seem to understand social cues nor does he want to play with others. The child also dislikes the outdoors, and throws a fit whenever he has to go outside for play. The preschool gives him access to green outdoor space, supervision and safety and he still wants nothing to do with it. This disproves paragraph two in the essay It's Time to Let Go of Screen Fears. And although technology may have an impact on intelligence, it however does not effect this child for he is as smart as the