Are We Too Dependent on Technology?

For example, children recieve cell phones at an early age because, their parents work too much and need to contact them, or the kid has an illness, etc. This can be a advantage, but many people don't see the disadvantages. Cell phones for example, are ruining our writing skills. When we text, our device has auto correct and always fixes our misspelled words. How are we suppose to learn from our mistakes?

This is also affecting the teens in the real world too. Teens nowadays are having difficult times getting jobs because they are not used to small talks and giving accurate details. Most people acknowledge that the advancement of technology has negatively impacted our social interactions because it detaches us from what is happening around us, obstructs communication, and spreads the concept of hurting teens learning ability must be able to utilize technology while not allowing it to effect social interactions, particularly for those who are easily influenced during our young years. Our world must learn to embrace technology without allowing it to negatively impact the creation of functional adults in society.

Technology such as smart phones and electronic devices, was first invented to make our lives more convenient and as an ulterior distraction to overcome our boredom. But now, these devices have become a necessity to most of us. For example, relatives at a family gathering do not communicate face-to-face anymore. Instead, each individual has their eyes stuck to an electronic device and is busy with their lives in the virtual world. This unhealthy lifestyle will bring many regrets to us in the future, when we realize that it is already too late to bond with our family and

However, adolescent rebellion can easily be fixed if parents would take time out of their busy schedule to talk to their children because when adolescents receive the attention they crave, they are less likely to go seeking attention elsewhere, which in extreme cases could be in a corrupt religion. There are many ways that adolescents can rebel, however what seems to be in growing fascination is the idea of adolescent involment in satanic cult activity. However, after reading many articles and reports adolescents show no signs of being associated with the occult. Instead they show sign of neglect from parents. Jose Reyes was the most recent and extreme case an adolescent feeling some much neglect that he turned toward a corrupt religion as a rebellion method.

In a technological driven world technology is becoming something that kids, at younger and younger ages, are turning to. In some people 's eyes they are becoming addicted to technology and in others views technology is not a problem with our youth. Parents and most adults are all worried about this, so to try and give some insight to these worried parents and adults Chris Bergman and Dannah Boyd wrote articles that discuss the use of technology by the youth of today. Boyd uses different rhetorical strategies to try and get her point across in her article, that different societal factors is actually what the problem with teens and not technology, “Blame Society, Not The Screen Time.” However, Chris Bergman’s “Don’t Limit Your Teen’s Screen Time”

Understanding that it has impacted long distant families at heart, and it 's addictive and time consuming habits can significantly affect families quality time together. Technology has changed the way we think about communicating with our families, but often adults and children fail to see the importance in communicating face to face. The changing in technology throughout our lives is also changing the way our families interact with each other. To tell whether this is a crisis for our families or weather or not it is strengthening our families is hard to say. There is no question that technology is changing our family to the modern world today, but such a broad concept can be taken as negative or positive affect on society.

It is going to cause the next generation to become last and get more distracted in their future.” These findings matter because kids are not going to care about school anymore if their getting distracted by social networks which will lead to a poor e... ... middle of paper ... ...Susan Mims observes, “the less likely the child is to learn healthy, self guided techniques to calm down naturally.” These findings matter because kids are getting to distracted using these electronic devices which is cause them to grow unhealthy and taking away their devices can help them do more physical activities to develop a healthy body. Sensitized webpages can help decrease our dangerous world. Fotis Lazarini states that “ School policy makers, internets providers and content providers need to be sensitized and to co-operate in order to provide tools which will effectively reduce exposure of students to hazardous content.” Fotis Lazarini is correct because students are doing inappropriate things on the internet that causes bad consequences and with sensitized webpages kids won’t be going on inappropriate sites and our world won’t be as dangerous as it is now.

Though a family may watch a show as a group, there is a feeling of togetherness and security that is missing in the lives of many teens. Quality time once filled this gap, but it is in short supply in a society where parents must juggle commitments to work, home, and their community. The prospect of quality time is made more difficult by the accessibility of mobile devices. Quality time for families has become a thing of the past, weakening the bonds between them, with the introduction of mobile devices. They also play an important role in the development of modern children.

The mind when left to roam free of difficult schools of thought can be dangerous to themselves and society if too many people do not utilize critical thinking. As mentioned previously, this relates to the use of computers in Alcorn’s student’s lives. Using the computer for the majority of the piece does not require deep thought or practice. Using critical thinking when creating art keeps the mind focused on the ideas and allows students to explore those ideas in more depth. The lack of critical thinking when talking about Alcorn’s students can be dangerous to future generations because as we become more immersed in technology, we may become more inclined to reject the critical thought process and use simpler methods to create not only art but any other aspect of life that is connected to technology.

Technology has also created a dependency that was not present ten years ago. More and more youth today rely on technology as an escape from reality or social situations and feel the need to be constantly connected to people who they are not with. With this constant technology use there is an increase in psychological and physical issues as well as negative effects on youth’s decision making abilities. Conversational skills are important for all people in every walk of life, however being able to hold a conversation and convey yourself clearly is a crucial ability for youth to possess. Unfortuantely, from constantly spending time on technology such as cell phones and computers, youth have not developed these necessary skills.