Monitoring Toddlers and Technology

Running Head: MONITORING TODDLERS AND TECHNOLOGY
Monitoring Toddlers and Technology
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1MONITORING TODDLERS AND TECHNOLOGY
Monitoring Toddlers and Technology
Technology has revolutionized the world by creating multiple new opportunities.
Technology has become a staple entity in our modern lives. In the contemporary society
almost every child is well equipped with technology and uses them extensively. There are
certainly multifold benefits but technology is detriment for the initial growing stage for
children. Monitoring toddlers and completely depending on technology is of major concern
as there are multifarious negative aspects connected to technology. Technology puts an
individual in a torpid state. Technology has proved to cause social anxiety, obesity, slows
down mental functions, and delays cognitive development.
Kids these days are more advanced than what their parents may think of them. Parents
mostly do not monitor the kids with technology. Kids these days gets back from school and
immediately crashes on the sofa with their PSPs. If the gaming time of the kids or the
children is not strictly monitored, this will lead to them missing out on their school
homework or complete the task hastily. Mostly kids these days indulge in highly violent
games and TV shows. The violent games have a negative impact on the thought process of
the child. It affects the behavior of the kid and in certain cases it is noticed the child starts
imbibing the aggressive behavior of the protagonist in the game. Kids who are actively
engaged in playing video games have less capability to focus and have a tendency to think
superficially rather critically on a subject (Toda, Valle & Isotani, 2017). There is a lack in the
creative learning skills of the kid or the child. There is increased number of cases of ADHD
(Attention deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder) in children in the contemporary world (Sayal et al.,
2018). The students are found to pay less attention in class which affects their learning
capability. They are unable to retain information for a long time as they are continuously