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Why devices are bad for kids - Coggle Diagram
Why devices are bad for kids
Health affects/mental well being
when you are a kid you should be playing, running around and being out doors socialising face to face with friends. but when kids have devices they tend to not do as much and find it hard to be creative and go outside
when you do not interact with people face to face it can cause anxiety and make harder for them to do simple things like ordering some food
loooking at a screen for hours on end is not good for your eyes and if you start when do are a kid you will end up holding your screen to your nose by the time your a teenager
it may lead to depression, because they will see people showing things off and feel bad because they might not have those things and won't know about the illusions some spin on social media
they could see some things online that are not healthy like vaping smoking extra and start thinking its cool when its not and do those bad things not knowing any better
Online safety
Kids may look up to adults or other people who are older and doing the wrong thing and start to do it them selves for example, hating, hearing of other websites or games that are not suitable for younger kids
Kids can be scammed and manipulated easily making them an easy target of scammers, bad people etc
The digital world can be good for some things but when it comes to child safety it's not so good. Kids are quite gullible and don't usually know how to tell if somethings dodgy they easily sign up to random dodgy websites, access credit cards and spend money with out there parents knowing
Social media, is very bad for kids and even teenagers growing up. kids may pick up bad language online not knowing completely knowing what they mean or the meanings behind them and start to use them in life's
Bullying
Bullying. Cyberbullying can be really hurtful and happens to lots of people. Bullying at a young age can lead to bad things like bad mental health, anxiety, insecurity and growing up with that happening in your life can be hard.
they could become bullies them self because they might stumble upon a hate page and think it is funny and might join in or create one of there own for someone they don't like not knowing how it will affect those people or completely understand it
kids might be bullied for liking a youtuber or a tv show that others don't like and be ashamed for liking something that they shouldn't have to feel ashamed of
Other important things that need to be covered
Pressuring, Kids can be pressured into getting apps that other kids have that are "cool" and being told to get them constantly
the more we use technology the younger age group will use it and kids who are not allowed might be excluded and picked on
they might get miss led by someone who doesnt have there facts right and believe that that is the truth when its not and struggle to learn the actual truth
they might enjoy and be good at something but then they see someone who is better and might lose there passion for it.
Sleep is another thing that should be covered. when you look at a screen before bed it can mess with your sleep schedule and make it hard for you to fall asleep and that is very bad for kids because at that age they are growing, learning and with not much sleep they will struggle to cope with learning and not do as well in school as they could be doing and not enjoying it as much as they could with a good night sleep.
and you might say that being on technology is a cool thing for kids that there is fun educational games online and a way to interact with friends but so many studies have indicated that a hands on play base learning is much better for the mind than staring at a screen and its better to interact face to face