Impacts of technology on children

IMPACTS OF TERCHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN

Impacts of technology on children

Nowadays, parents have become conscious about internet use for a new generation. They are confused about either internet improving their kids' lives or spoiling them. We all are living in such an era where technology is becoming more and more advance. Children of this era have access to the internet.

Today's child is intelligent, and at an early age, they can perform very complex tasks with the help of the internet. Internet these days has become the source of gathering information, and this thing helps a child improve their performance in visual learning.

According to research child between the age of 12 to 17 years old are 80% connected with the internet. According to an estimate, those kids are self-learners who have internet access.

WHAT TECHNOLOGY MEANS?

Everyone needs to know what technology is:-

Technology is the knowledge, skill, and technique we require to produce tools and equipment for people's needs. If adults are negatively using the technology, it's their own choice because they are fully aware of its harmful effects. But in the case of children, it's different because they are not aware of the impacts of technology.

QUESTIONS THAT OCCUPY THE PARENTS MIND

Some questions about technology always occupy the parents' minds:-

1. What are the impacts of technology on children?

2. Does children benefit from the technology, or is it harmful to them?

3. How to keep the kids safe from the internet? Is technology beneficial or harmful for children? We will have to discuss its positive and negative impacts on children.

POSITIVE IMPACTS

Impacts of technology on children

• According to Scientific research conducted by American Cornell University, Tonno Kanaya proved that the IQ level of the new generation is much higher than the previous one because of the usage of the internet. The use of technology enables children to solve more complex problems. If a child makes the proper use of technology, it positively improves their learning skills.
• There are so many opportunities for kids to play brain games with the proper use of technology. Technology provides games and apps to children that help improve their cognitive skills of the children. Now it has become easy for parents to improve kids' memory, mathematical skills, attention span, and much more with the proper use of the internet. Parents can play a vital role in supervising their children in the selection of Apps.
• We can improve kids' creativity by using the tools such as technical drawing programs, visual design programs, and coding programs. In today's era, creative children are very successful by creating new solutions for new emerging problems. If parents help improve the c problem-solving skills of their children during childhood, in their future life, children would be able to overcome the obstacles.

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN

If your child misuses the internet, it would have very negative impacts on them. Overuse of technology negatively affects children's mental, social and physical growth.

• Overuse of the internet can create concentration problems and distraction. Too much use of the internet can affect kids' grades.
• If your child remains too engaged to play games on the internet, they become disconnected from social life.
• It is a fact that the child's imagination is broad than the adults'. Children who can not differentiate between the real and imaginary suffer from the fear of being alone, nightmares, and even are afraid of going to the toilet alone.
• Technology also has negative impacts on a child's physical, emotional and, mental disorders.
• Spending too much time on television, computers, and tablets creates many problems such as vision, neck pain, arm, hand, and fingers numbness, and overstrain.
• Too much use of technology restricts children from physical development. Their muscle development gets affected such as walking, running, and jumping.
• Children and adults who spend most of their time on the internet or electronic devices suffer from a sleep disorder. 

In short, we can say that technology is making children more talented, compared to the previous generations.

 But the need is that parents should supervise and set a timetable for the children how much time they have to spend on the internet while keeping in mind that their physical activities and social life may not be affected. With the appropriate guidance of parents, children can benefit a lot from the technology.