A Wonderful, Misused Tool

Technology in and of itself is wonderful. It gives us access to an abundance of great information that we use every day, such as the internet. It contains programs that can help with brain development and all kinds of wonderful tools we can use to progress in life. However, it can also have an extremely negative impact on children and their parents. It can impact the way children think and develop, possibly dampening critical skills that people learn as children. It is very harshly affecting their self esteem with constant access to social media and the negative effects that come with that such as depression, anxiety and feelings of low self-worth. It is affecting the way kids are learning in schools as well by not teaching them valuable, creativity skills that we learn with art and writing. And lastly, it is also affecting parents. Parenting has become more stressful now that there are many games, shows, and images they need to filter to protect their children. They are also using technology as quick uses of bribery instead of discipline. As I mentioned, technology is not all bad; however, without a good balance, it can be very harmful to the future generations of society.