Screen Time

Television,social media or screen time, has become a large part of today's society. Whether it's smart-phones, a television, a computer, or a tablet, screen time has negative effects on the cognitive ability of children and teens. Screen’s has a really big impact on teens sleep. In a article that I read by Kathryn Doyle it say that more than 90 percent of girls and 80 percent boys reported using a cell phone in the hour before bed, and laptops were almost as common. So this cause students to be tired in school, and makes it hard to concentrate during classes. But, this doesn’t only affect teens, it also affects younger children. When I first heard we were doing this challenge, I felt untroubled and down at the same time because I’ve always wanted to try to not use my smartphone but I never had the determination to do it. I felt down because I knew it wouldn’t be as easy as many might think and I knew I would be out of my comfort zone.

When I started the screen free challenge, I noticed that I relied on my phone a lot. I constantly looked for my smartphone for two days because I conditioned myself to always have it with me or to always use it when I had trouble figuring something out. I also conditioned myself to listen to music. For instance, I always had the urge to listen to music before school, while taking notes, after school and before I went to sleep. As the week past, I noticed how I had even more control over my emotions then before. The mindfulness project helped me a lot during this progress because as I was doing it, I had a lot of control over my feelings and now after the screen-free challenge, I have even more control over