An essay by Nur; Electronic age & children.

Electronic Age and Children

            Throughout the history of human being, many devices have been invented. People have wanted to discover new devices that can help them make their lives easier. Thanks to these inventions, now, we are living in electronic age. The important thing is, there are not only causes of improvement of electronic devises, but there are also effects of it  on people especially on children who use these devices a lot, unconsciously.

            Nowadays, there appears to be some electronic devices that are used more. One of them is computer. People invented computer for doing their work easily. Thanks to it, they can write, calculate fast and save their fields safely. Then, people improved its functions so video games came on the scene. However, like every electronic devices, video games have effects on children. Some of these games include violence which naturally effect children who play video games. This situation brings some negative changes on children’s behavior in bad point. They tend to fight with their friends or they can easily get angry against their parents.

            After the invention of computer, people invented internet to share all kinds of information whole around the world and to make computer worldwide. Nevertheless, the internet affects children in bad way. They do not read books and search in encyclopedia, instead of this, they can easily check online. Especially for children, books are necessary; they should get the habit of reading. However, when their teacher wants them to get information about lessons, they immediately search on internet.

            The other electronic device that is used more is telephone. People invented phone for getting information from each other frequently because they have been living all around the world. Now, we have mobile phones which assist us to talk or text easily. In addition, the important point is, almost everyone has a mobile phone even if children. Since the shortest way always looks like the better way for children, instead of meeting face to face, they prefer to talk on phone or text. This results in some social problems. They do not want to talk someone for long hours, they can have some problems with their speech, and those are some examples.

            To conclude, from the beginning of human life, people have tried to find useful ways of living. They have always invented new electronic devises which causes the electronic age and improved them. Indeed, this is the simple cause of electronic age that we are living in. The effects of it on children are not simple. For our children, we should learn how to use electronics usefully firstly, then, we should teach our children the right way.