Effects of Excessive Technological Use by Children

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction
In today’s society, every child especially in developed countries has some technology in
their hands. Monitoring is done by the use of technology. This is a great thing but also could
change to the worst in some cases. Most of the parents don’t always watch their kids while with
these technological devices.
Thesis statement
Technology is a major concern because of the behavioral pattern that are problematic
like not having enough sleep, poor social skills and delays in learning. Monitoring toddlers is
therefore a concern.
Three reasons
The reasons include; social wellness with the childrens peers(Poor social skills), delays
in learning and health risks like obesity.
In my case, my baby uses the phone every day for games and fun. She also has access to
TV content including movies and video games (Connell, et al, 2015). This has exposed her to a
lot of violent and aggressive content. The violent content do scare skids. Most of the parents
believe that their children can never be influenced in a negative way by the technology.
Effects of Excessive technological use by children
Due to so many hours that the toddlers use in sitting down, most of them have developed
health problems like obesity. Most of the parents want their children to be stay focused in their
school work but most of them spend a lot of time playing video games, they will not spend
enough time in learning. Electronics has replaced the physical contact that causes social
interactions to being children’s best friend. Children using a lot of computer and technologies
constantly interact less with their peers (Franco, Malhotra, & Simonovits, 2016). The family
has also been detached to each other and also have trouble initiating any interactions with their