Argumentative: Technology
Technology and its Effects on Youth
Less than 20 years ago, all that kids needed to be active and entertained was fresh air and an open place to run about, letting their imaginations run free while chasing their friends whom happened to be the cops and robbers in their imaginary game. There were not such things such as a need for Wi-Fi in a young kids mind, or a newfound pain in their neck from sitting hunched over while typing away on a cell-phone. Even though technology has brought about new ways of communication, it has brought change to the once simple lifestyles of the youth, not only introducing problems with obesity, but things such as sleep deprivation and hearing loss. The incorporation of technology has had extreme pressure on morals and daily lives of the youth in a negative way. Although technology has helped in many ways, it has also begun controlling and slowly corrupting the lives of teenagers.
Family Impact
With the advancements and involvement in technology, families are ever-changing; the impact of technology on the 21st century is making large fractures in once practiced core-values. Juggling school, work, and social life make people more dependent on the new reliance of technology to support their fast-paced lifestyles. Pieces of technology such as TV’s, cell-phones, and video games have advanced so much that families do not realize the changes that have occurred right in front of their eyes. According to a 2010 Kaiser Foundation study, elementary school aged children use those pieces of technology for about 7.5 hours a day on average, adding to this, 75 percent of those children have television sets in their bedrooms and around 50 percent of those televisions are on all the time on any given day. Family traditions such as sitting at the table have been replaced confidently with the big screen of television.
Moral Impact
Aside from the affect that technology poses to families as a whole, there are many widespread effects that
Less than 20 years ago, all that kids needed to be active and entertained was fresh air and an open place to run about, letting their imaginations run free while chasing their friends whom happened to be the cops and robbers in their imaginary game. There were not such things such as a need for Wi-Fi in a young kids mind, or a newfound pain in their neck from sitting hunched over while typing away on a cell-phone. Even though technology has brought about new ways of communication, it has brought change to the once simple lifestyles of the youth, not only introducing problems with obesity, but things such as sleep deprivation and hearing loss. The incorporation of technology has had extreme pressure on morals and daily lives of the youth in a negative way. Although technology has helped in many ways, it has also begun controlling and slowly corrupting the lives of teenagers.
Family Impact
With the advancements and involvement in technology, families are ever-changing; the impact of technology on the 21st century is making large fractures in once practiced core-values. Juggling school, work, and social life make people more dependent on the new reliance of technology to support their fast-paced lifestyles. Pieces of technology such as TV’s, cell-phones, and video games have advanced so much that families do not realize the changes that have occurred right in front of their eyes. According to a 2010 Kaiser Foundation study, elementary school aged children use those pieces of technology for about 7.5 hours a day on average, adding to this, 75 percent of those children have television sets in their bedrooms and around 50 percent of those televisions are on all the time on any given day. Family traditions such as sitting at the table have been replaced confidently with the big screen of television.
Moral Impact
Aside from the affect that technology poses to families as a whole, there are many widespread effects that
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