In the millennial generation, it is arguably impossible to imagine teenagers living their daily lives without any consumption of technology. Numerous technologies around us are assisting countless youngsters, allowing them to live a much more luxurious life. However, they tend to increase the use of their sophisticated machinery each day. This will greatly affect their health, both physically and mentally. Being handicapped with strained vision and hearing impairment, experiencing emotional instability and having to suffer from memory loss are some of the effects involving the increase usage of technology have on the health of teenagers.
First of all, they will have to deal with being handicapped with strained vision and hearing impairment. Close computer work can cause teenagers to suffer from eye strain due to Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). They also tend to permit themselves in making awkward postures to ensure they position they eyes for smoother performance. Teenagers who frequently attending loud concerts and tends to wear poorly fitted ear buds can cause hearing impairment as early as their early 20’s. They also love to blast their music to drown out conversations when there are people around or even traffic when they are on the road.
Other than suffering from CVS and hearing loss, teenagers will also experience emotional instability when they consume too much technology. Teenagers need approximately 9 hours of sleep daily, but they often text late into the night with their friends. With that being said, they are not able to focus well in school as well as cope with social pressure. Teens will also fail to separate themselves with parents and become independent thinkers, which happens to be a crucial development step for young adults. The blame can be put on cell phones. Besides that, social media sites prevent teens from facing solitude. This will cause loneliness