Technology is changing the definition of being

a kid

Children are growing up in a time known as the

“Touch Screen Generation”(10)

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“Not that long ago there was only television, which

theoretically could be kept in the parents’

bedroom or locked behind a cabinet”(10)

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Which made children play outside and use their imagination to make up games! (1)

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Now parents are handing over an iPad whenever

they don’t want to have to entertain their kid. (10)

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Kids even know how to navigate an iPad BEFORE they know how to tie a shoe!

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Parents want their kids to “swim expertly in the digital

stream” but also worry of the negative side effects. (10)

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As their children age the worries change from t0o much technology to what they do on the internet. (3) (7)

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The internet was once used by adolescents to

fulfill their needs for entertainment…(8)

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Today they are increasingly using it to interact w/

friends…75% of teens us IM on a regular basis (8)

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With constant attachment it has created cyber-bullying

and Cyber-bullying has caused a rise in suicide stats.(6)image via Tim Wang

Amanda Todd, a BC teen, took her life after posting a video on YouTube describing how she had been tormented by bullying online and struggling with

depression.(6) image via Shandi-Lee Cox

Technology has increased social anxiety among teens (2) (4) (8)

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Those with social anxiety find it difficult to fulfill a social need of belonging because of

their fear of face-to-face interactions. (8)

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This leads many teens to turn to the internet (8)

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Another side effect of technology consumption is our ability to read instead of skim (9)

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Studies show that it has become more difficult to sit down an read a book because so many people

are accustomed to skimming articles on their iPad (9)

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with many things being scary and negative about

technology… there are benefits of growing up in

todays generation (5)

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Children and young adults growing up today with

access to a world around them that they can get

to with a click of a button…or tap of a finger (5)

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Growing up today is nothing like it once was and it never will be again and it is important to embrace technology without

becoming consumed by it.

Sources

Harris, Marlys. "Kids Stay Indoors: What Happened To, 'Go outside and Play'?" MinnPost. MinnPost, 08 Sept. 2013. Web. 12 June 2015. (1)

"Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" New York Times Upfront. Education Source, 2014. Web. 10 June 2015. (2)

Johnson, Matthew. "Use, Understand & Create: Towards a Comprehensive Canadian Digital Literacy Curriculum." Use, Understand & Create: Towards a Comprehensive Canadian Digital Literacy Curriculum. Media Smart, 31 Mar. 2015. Web. 12 June 2015. (3)

Konnikova, Maria. "How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy - The New Yorker." The New Yorker. The New Yorker, 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 12 June 2015. (4)

Mac, Lindsey Harper. "10 Reasons Technology Is Vital to Education." Bitshare. Bitshare, n.d. Web. 12 June 2015. (5)

News, CBC. "Cyberbullying-linked Suicides Rising, Study Says - Technology & Science - CBC News." CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, 20 Oct. 2012. Web. 12 June 2015. (6)

Paul, Pamela. "Cyberparenting and the Risk of T.M.I." The New York Times 5 May 2013: 8(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 12 June 2015. <http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.queensu.ca/ps/i.do?id=GALE|A328694536&v=2.1&u=queensulaw&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=ed444bf722dd554a00a728a96a4737f2>. (7)

Pierce, Tamyra. "Social Anxiety and Technology: Face-to-face Communication versus Technological Communication among Teens." Computers in Human Behavior 25.6 (2009): 1367-372. Web. 10 June 2015. (8)

Rosenwald, Michael S. "Serious Reading Takes a Hit from Online Scanning and Skimming, Researchers Say." The Washington Post 6 Apr. 2014: n. pag. Academic OneFile. Web. 12 June 2015. <http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.queensu.ca/ps/i.do?id=GALE|A364033903&v=2.1&u=queensulaw&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=9aef25304e722a5f4d0d00c21ce16dac>. (9)

Rosin, Hanna. "The Touch-Screen Generation." The Atlantic Monthly 311.3 (2013): 56+. Web. 10 June 2015. (10)

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