The article “Screen Bee: Is “Screen Time” Dangerous for Children” written by Alison Gopnik personally evaluates the negatives and positives of technology for the younger generation through a variety of language and argument features. Gopnik illustrates how technology is able to inspire the pursuit of knowledge and exploration through Augie, but also explores the concerns surrounding what technology can potentially expose children to. The article predominantly exhibits features of an opinion piece through the use of personal opinions, anecdotes, categorical statements, colloquial, inclusive and hyperbolic language. Ultimately, the article highlights that screen time should not be the concern, but rather the content that can be readily accessed
Many parents throughout the U.S. use screen time for their children. According to parents.com they state it “Improves communication” and setting screen time can “Improves socialization”. Whether it be with family, or
Children are not experiencing the outdoors the way they used to. It used to be that children would look out the window at the world when they went on road trips but now they are constantly absorbed by their electronic devices. The Last Child in the Wood by Richard Louv is making a very strong argument on this topic. Richard Louv is concerned with making sure children make the same connections about nature that many generations have made before them. In this piece Louv used rhetorical questioning to draw attention to his most crucial points.
The article “Worried about your kids’ screen time? Check your own first.” illustrates the harmful results of this addiction by expressing, “Not only are we less likely to pay attention to our kids’ physical safety when we’re tapping and scrolling, we can also miss their emotional cues and the kinds of quality interactions especially important for younger kids’ development” (Yabroff). Distracted parenting not only affects the parents but also negatively affects
People just get too distracted because they’re so glued to technology. They don’t see what’s actually going on in the world. The government putting restrictions on screen time would have a real positive effect. People would be focused without being distracted. They would be more involved in everything.
Lauren Hale, professor in the department of family, population, and preventative health at Stony Brook University, collaborated with her team at Stony Brook University to study the effects of screen time in children. This study focused on exploring the differences between passive and interactive screen time. However, the study showed no significant differences between the effects of interactive versus passive screen time. Thus, the article concludes that all forms of screen time should be limited. This article will be helpful in supporting the thesis, because it denies one of the common fallacies that screen time can be categorized into positive and negative types of screen time, arguing instead that all forms of screen time should be limited and treated with caution.
The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines states that children older than 2 years old should be limited to 1-2 hours per day and that younger children should not have any screen time whatsoever. Despite those guidelines children in the U.S average 7.5 hours in front of a screen per day. Time in front of screens disrupts viewers body clocks which accounts for how well you sleep. I Think
To answer this question we must first understand the importance of play. If we understand, on the most basic level, that play is essential for a child to have a good health and wellbeing. Then it could be concluded that outdoor play needs to be considered as an important component of education and care. Outdoor play has recently been included in the early year’s framework across the UK. The Statutory Framework for early year’s foundation stage in England now includes an expectation that young children will be offered good quality outdoor environments in order to support their 6 areas of development such as; physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual language, and social.
Understanding the world • The way in which children find out about nature and the world around them. • How children find out about their local communities. • The way in which children develop their confidence when using ICT equipment. Expressive arts and design • The development of children‘s creativity and imagination through art , dance and music . • How children use play to develop these skills Personal , social and emotion development
It is important that children are able to receive holistic care while in a play environment, both inside and outside. Some of the principles which would apply to both indoor and outdoor play include a child centred practice, ensuring the child 's welfare and safety, promoting a child 's rights, and enabling a child to reach their full potential. It is important that we provide a child centred practice, as it promotes a child 's learning and development through play. By having a child centred approach, we should support the children giving them guidance, but to allow the opportunities for them to learn independently, instead of taking over an activity and showing them. It encourages us as practitioners, to encourage children to explore and to make their own
The screen time of your children might be scaring and frustrating you, but if this is the case of a good parenting you can convert this annoying screen time into a positive one. Although the digital devices might consist of many dangers or risks in the present era but on
Screen time should be limited to two hours because screen time creates distractions and can foster negative behaviors. Screen time creates distractions in many ways. Screen time has been dragging us away from conversations. According to Connected but Alone by Sherry Turkles she states, “We sacrifice conversations for more connections.” This shows how technology can distract adolescents and not be able to develop face to face conversations.
However, instead of pushing our life forward, technology is luring us back to square one by confining the future generation into a compelling world of wonders by taking away the fundamental skills of communication, thought and perception, and empathy. Cris Rowan, a pediatric occupational therapist, anxiously comments, “Diagnoses of ADHD, autism, coordination disorder, developmental delays, unintelligible speech… are increasing at an alarming rate”, as she reveals an unceasing list of negative impacts of technology on developing children (Rowan). Children who grow up with television or computers eventually find themselves trapped inside those boxes. They refuse to exercise, eat and socialize in order to not miss any moments from their favorite shows. When they finally leave their seats, they find themselves unable to coordinate their bodies as they used to.
However, Parents now days feel that playing outside would not be safe but, the essential elements of development mostly gain in rustic play (Burdette & Whitaker, 2005). Children then are more exposed inside the house using technology like gadgets since they are not permitted to go outside. Positive
Have you ever taken into consideration, how much screen time is too much? Well the American Academy of Pediatrics or the AAP has done studies and had shown that there should be a limit on screen time and the limit should be two hours on electronics a day at max. After reading and examining their sources on screen time you can very easily identify that children are starting to use electronics a lot more than they should for non-educational purposes. This can lead to many bad things in the child's future so the American Academy of Pediatrics decided to step in and suggest that all kids and teens should have a two hour screen limit. This can be very beneficial for children and teens in a variety of ways but, just to show that the AAP's suggestion of having a two hour screen limit is beneficial is that one, children are beginning to lack in the ability to be able to read emotions on people's faces.
