In 2004, Stanford held a test with people who were multitaskers and those who were not. Once the test was complete, they realized that the multitaskers were noticeably worse at filtering out the unimportant information. “In the modern world, the chime of an incoming email can override the goal of writing a business plan or playing catch with the children.”-The Myth of Multitasking. If you are doing your work and you get a text or an email, most likely multitaskers would …show more content…
An example of these is the Campbell family (San Francisco).The Campbells spend a lot of their time at home on their devices. “When she’s on it, you can holler her name all day and she won’t hear,” Mrs. Campbell says, talking about Lily (2nd grade) and her laptop. Research shows that too much screen time can be bad for young children whose brains are still developing. When the Campbell family went on a vacation, the first few days was just wasted time on their devices. On the last day, they all unplugged and spent time together on the beach. “It changes the mood of everything when everybody is present.” -Mrs.