Influence of internet on kids
Influence of internet on kids
For setting up our own goals, checking up the developments and achieving deadlines are becoming more effective and influential for the past fifteen years. There is a drastic change over in the lives of children in these past two decades. Technology paved a more interesting as well as unbelievable development in our daily life. But we are learners to adapt a new change, where as the kids are born under the developed technical world, where they grow with advancement in skills and knowledge.
“ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY IS A USEFUL SERVANT BUT A DANGEROUS MASTER”
When an adult learns a technology, he implement where ever there is a need, but a child who born and brought up with technology is struggling to live without it because it became their essential requirement. The influences of these modern gadgets upon younger generations are both astonishing as well as it gives a fear of its consequences. Let we see the influence of these internet upon the kids.
POSITIVE EFFECTS
- Helps to access additional information
- Brings academic outcomes positively
- Enhances creativity and helps as tutorial materials
- Better communication skills
- Develops visual skills,
- Improves Hand eye coordination, skills them in better learning
- Provides accurate source of information
- Enhancement of knowledge
- Improves social intelligence
“INTERNET IS BECOMING THE TOWN SQUARE FOR THE GLOBAL VILLAGE OF TOMORROW”
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
- Life style becomes more sedentary
- Reduces physical work
- leads to addiction
- Mental and pshological effects
- Increases stress and emotions
- Eye and muscle strain
As here we can see both positive and negative effects, we cannot make a child unaware about the technological development. It is needed with proper guidance.
“TECHNOLOGY IS JUST A TOOL IN TERMS OF GETTING THE KIDS WORKING TOGETHER AND MOTIVATING THEM, THE TEACHER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT”
IMPACT ON BODY
In the early days, childhood used to be lovely, where kids love to play more games, friends taught them social manners, discipline and better communication. No exercise or workouts are needed for a child. But at this internet situation to teach everything to the doorsteps and so the child stops to step out to learn or experience anything practically. They are ready to sit all day in front of a computer than stepping out to learn.
“HEALTH IS LIKE MONEY, WE NEVER HAVE TRUE IDEA OF ITS VALUE UNTIL WE LOSE IT”
RADIATION EFFECTS
Since internet consumes various types of radiations, it brings lot of side effects, increasing the eye power, stress. Even it causes tumors and cell damage. Microwaves, ionizing and non ionizing radiation, radon all are high frequencies which cause great risk in damaging brain and spine cells.
“People don’t know about radiation. And there are so much radioactive material being transported each day”
HOW TO PROTECT- SAFEGUARD MEASURES
- As in present situation internet becomes Unavoidable, we must adopt certain measures to keep our children safe.
- Holding the cell phone few inch away from our ear
- Even it is not used, cell phones releases radiations it should be kept away from our body
- Fix time for the children to access internet
- Avoiding surfing on net whole day
- Practicing to use own creativity than copying and pasting from net
- wifi rooters in home should be kept away from the children
- Parental control mode should be always kept on
- Insisting not to use internet surfing at night
- Teaching them the good and bad websites, its impact on their social life
- Encourage the practice of reading books.
SHAPING OF DIGITAL FUTURE
While the internet offers many opportunities for learning, communication, creativity and entertainment it also opens up certain risks to vulnerable users such as children
Children can exposed to harmful content such as Cyber bullying, harassment, pornography, violence or cell harm.
We must rise and foster digital literacy, separate commission should be set to fight against child abuse. Creating awareness through the celebration of SAFER INTERNET DAY.
Few researchers have reported that 75 % of preteens and early teens keep all day their cell phone in their front pocket which affects their reproductive health. A healthy spin is one of the key facts of well being during growing age.
To keep our children healthy, it’s time to decide, that we should not allow our kids to overuse cell phones and other wireless devices.