Education in America today is taking a dramatic turn in technological reform. New equipment’s has been introduced into vast majority of elementary classrooms such as iPads, televisions, computers, phones, etc. with all the new technology being injected into education, the over use of screen time effect children education negatively. Negatively, screen time limited the ability to learn and shorten children social skills. Screen time has a powerful effect on children compared from five years ago, today technology is inevitable and with kids in elementary, they are introduce to technology. With the use of screening time, kids become attach to the device making it difficult to process the needed materials for a higher education.
First of all, at a young age a child's brain begins to develop, absorbing as much possible, but in today generation screen time makes it difficult. For instance, the amount of TV viewing before age 3 has been associated with problems in reading
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The interactions towards screen time grew over time. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore compared as kids in the 80’s, her and her twin brother and were allowed to watch about an hour of TV a week, which was typically used up on Saturday morning cartoons. Today kids can’t leave electronic devices or television for an hour without it being an issue. Its found children who spend less time watching TV in early years tend to do better in school, engage in school work, and behave properly. To better the negative results of screen time. Kids should be taught proper adequate and alternate activities. In replacement of screen time hours, to limit time read a book, get more involved with school activities and sports. With alternative activities, it becomes tough to find time for devices. Eventually, it will become a distraction and kids won’t become so attached to the device and technology will not have the chance to imperative over a child’s