Reminiscing about the good old days when we were growing up is a memory trip well worth taking when trying to understand the issues facing the children o...
It’s rare in today's society that you don’t see a child glued to the screen of their tablet or holding on to their mother's smartphone for dear life. In the most recent years, use of technology in children has skyrocketed, companies have made large profits on developing children friendly tablets. I believe that tablets for children can be very beneficial if they are used in moderation. Free time on the tablet due to good behavior or grades and for educational resources. Children today are obsessed with watching Youtube videos of animated characters or watching other children play instead of actively playing themselves. There are the half of children that use technology and they learn inappropriate language and behaviors, not for their age range. Theirs the other half that expands their vocabulary or cognitive function from different applications and videos. Personally, I have two nephews barely one year apart, and the difference between the two is significant. My nephew Tristan is four and he barely can pronounce “mom” he doesn’t say many words or understand how to do certain things he more so often just screams. My other nephew Chase is soon to be three and he can swim, he controls the smart remote to turn on his shows on Netflix, he can say plenty of words. He also spends a lot of time on his tablet and watching movies.
Many will argue that technology slows down the developing stages of children that there shouldn’t be electronic use. Consider this, is a child learning more from playing outside more than watching an educational interactive youtube video. This controversial topic falls within ethnomethodology literally “the methods of people” this approach to studying human interaction focuses on the ways in which we make sense of our world, convey this understanding to others, and produce a shared social order (Conley,2017, Pg.143).
Conley, D. (2018). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a Sociologist. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company Ltd.
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