Negative Impacts of Technology on Children
Health Problems
The technology is causing many health issues in children. The surveys conducted from
time to time tell that due to increasing use of gadgets, children are suffering from the
health problems like back pain, weak eyesight etc. Due to less physical activities, the
fatness is common to see in today’s children.
Social Relationship
Technological gadgets have posed a bad impact on social relationships. Children are
addicted to gadgets. They don’t have time to sit with their parents and to spend some
good time with them. They prefer to connect with their friends and relatives via text
messaging, chatting etc., rather than meeting them actually. Means, they are connected
with others in the virtual world, but not in the real world.
Poor Academic Performance
Technology has been found to have its negative impact on academic performance on
most of children. There are many technological gadgets to which children are addicted.
They waste their valuable time on these silly gadgets without worrying about the
studies. This is resulting in their poor academic performance.
Negative Impact on Character
This is one of the biggest problems created by growing technology. Children are future
of our country, our world. The sad thing is that due to increasing technology, children
have been found going away from their moral values. Internet is working as curse for
children’s character. Rather than using Internet in productive manner, children use it as
source of adult content.
Negative Impact on Writing Skills
Writing is an art which every person must own. Technology has its negative effect on
writing skills of children. Standard English is not used in the text messaging, chatting.
While writing text messages, no one cares about the spelling, punctuation and
grammar. This is resulting in poor writing skills of children.
Well, it is quite clear that there are more bad impacts than the positive impacts of
technology on children. In fact, the positive or negative effects of any particular thing
depend on how we use it. By limiting the involvement of technology in children’s life, we
can easily bring an end to all negative impacts listed above.
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