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People around the globe call the 21st century, The Golden Age of Technology. Over the last decade, technological devices and social net or!s have continued to bo"b the "ar!ets several and continuous innovations that are i"possible to avoid. #ac! ith
as 'ust a "ere tool for the people in order to replace huge stac!s of paper and to solve certain "athe"atical operations. (o ever, as technology has continued to i"prove over the years, and ith the introduction of the %nternet, co"puters no adays appear to be li"itless
and affordable for the public, capable of doing 'ust about anything that its user can thin! of. )nfortunately in the present day, co"puters are no longer the only technological devices out there capable of running co"puter*li!e progra"s. %n the present day e have a ide variety of
technological devices to choose fro" such as, tablets, s"artphones, and laptops, 'ust to "ention a fe . +onetheless, the issue is not ho technology has "anaged to progress over the years, but ith the rest of society. According to
the author of an online report, ,ristina (atch, no adays children have "ore of their co""unication ith the rest of society through electronic "edia and they are having very little
of their co""unication face to face -(atch 2.11/. 0ue to this proble", children are beco"ing "ore isolated not only fro" interacting they prefer to spend their ti"e playing ith their friends, but fro" their fa"ilies as ell, since
ith other people. Although social net or!s such as 2aceboo!, T itter, and 3yspace, re1uire a "ini"u" age -14/ in order to register and have access to these, children younger than the re1uested age still "anage to have access to these and are e$posed to the "any negative i"pacts that technology and the social net or!s can cause. #y allo ing young children to o n a device ith access to the %nternet and by allo ing the" to be part of any of the different social net or!s, e are e$posing the" fro" a very young age to the negative i"pacts that technology
"ay cause such as, obesity, technology addiction, cyber bullying, and even situations here their personal infor"ation could be used against the". 5et children are not to bla"e, but their parents. As a parent you have the authority at ho"e and you have the decision on hether to buy your
children a laptop, s"artphone, or tablet& and it is the parent6s responsibility to ensure that their !ids are physically active in e$tracurricular activities outside of school as ell as to discuss ith
the" the "any dangers of technology. %t is highly i"portant that today6s parents give the first step into "a!ing a change in society by educating their children fro" a very young age that technology should not be overused. Parents also need to thin! "ore than t ice decision on hen ta!ing a
hether to buy their children a s"artphone, laptop, or tablet, as all of these have hich could leave their children e$posed to factors such as pornography and ith their children fro"
%nternet access
se$ting. (aving said that it is very i"portant that parent fir"ly discuss o ning certain devices before an ade1uate age.
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(atch, ,. -2.11, 3ay/. 0eter"ining the @ffects of Technology on 8hildren. 7etrieved fro" http<>>digitalco""ons.uri.edu>cgi>vie content.cgi=articleA12129conte$tAsrhonorsprog :turtB, 7. -2.12, :epte"ber/. @$ercise O80< %s Tech 7uining 5our Cor!out= 7etrieved fro"< http://www.details.com/health-fitness/exercise/201209/is-tech-ruining-yourworkout-apps