The Effects Of Technology On Children And Children

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Young children at the dinner table, in the park, at the mall are constantly seen playing with their caretaker’s phones, iPads, or iPods, generally not engaging with the world around them. In today’s society, this is extremely normal because we have created a world based on the constant need for technology. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that young children should both eliminate technology use for children under the age of two and minimize the use of technology for children ages two and up (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015). By minimizing screen time children will be able to positively develop socially and emotionally. Many theorists have spent years focusing on the development of children and the aspects that shape the way a child behaves socially. Jean Piaget believed that children’s minds developed in stages, while Lev Vygotsky theorized that children developed through a sociocultural manner. Both theories allow researches and present-day psychologist to see the negative effects of technology. Research studies such as the Friendship Quality Study, and Secure Attachment Studies confirm how screen time can affect a child’s development through many different aspects. The use of electronics should be considerably reduced in order to create a lifestyle where a child can grow, interact, and create life long skills.
One of the most well known psychologists who studied child development was, Jean Piaget. He broke up child development into four stages: The sensorimotor stage, the preoperational reasoning stage, the concrete operational reasoning stage, and the formal operational reasoning stage (Callanan, lecture, October 22, 2015). Each stage is extremely important in ones life, specifically the sensorimotor and pre...

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... They do not get to interact with others and see the world as older generations did. Now this is not said about every electronic, many times it involves the culture and the atmosphere in which the child is growing up in. Great psychologist and theorist, Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky explained how the first few years in a child’s life are extremely important and critical for proper development. Studies such as Stranger Situation and Friendship Quality allows us to see that as human we need human interaction and we need to create bonds that with others to succeed in life. Children need to be able to acquire basic skills such as holding a conversation or being kind to another human, this simply cannot be done if the child is staring at a screen all day. The AAP has a healthy perspective on the recommendations for technology and should be advised to all parents worldwide.

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