Technology is an idol: Parents worry over technology use

 

Many would certainly agree that they wouldn't survive if their phones had to be taken away from them for just 24 hours. Technological devices can be likened to very addictive drugs especially to the youths of the 21st Century. Parents really do have reasons to worry about the effects of technological devices on their children.

As defined in the Wikipedia, technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures.

A technological device  is anything that uses the most recent technological information. A screw driver at one time was a technological device. A technological device can be anything from a can-opener to more complex devices like computers.

Some of the common technological devices

The common technological devices include mobile phones, computers, pads, game consoles  and many others. These technological devices enable people to interact, invent, improve and to do many other things. In our days, technological devices have made youths to feel incomplete when they don't access them for just a short period of time. One can safely say that they have become a god to youths, and even adults as they spend most of their time using them.

It is for this reason that most parents worry about the effects of technologies on their children. Youths now spend most of their time using these technologies and barely have time to chat with their parents, brothers and their sisters at home. In short, these technologies have almost taken over family time.

Educational psychologist Dr Kairen Cullen said: "Modern technology is part of contemporary life and naturally this is reflected in the way families operate. However, it is becoming clear that a number of children and young people use technology excessively.

"Parents now have to adapt to a different climate of communication and work hard to ensure open and meaningful conversations with their children, who have grown up with instant messaging and social media.

"Virtual communication is never going to substitute face-to-face family contact though, and parents are well placed to encourage sensible and balanced use of online facilities in a way that includes time fully offline and supports family dynamics."

It can thus be seen that technological devices are highly addictive, and when not monitored in terms of their use, they can destroy the face to face social life of a person.