Technology and Physical Childrends Development: Is the Internet Hurting Children? (Multi-Source Writing)

Technology and Children
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Introduction
It is nearly impossible to compare children of the past with those of today. As times change, so does technology and the need to incorporate it into one’s life. The difference between these generations is therefore expected since technology plays a significant role in people’s lives. Technology affects children in both positive and negative ways. However, the internet is doing more harm than good to children (Bhattacharyya & National Council of Educational Research and Training, 2004). 
Technology and Physical Development
In the recent past, children would actively engage in outdoor activities for fun. It was an integral part of one’s early developmental stages. Outdoor games could go on late into the night, and it would take a parent’s intervention to force children into the house when play time was over. Getting children to abandon their biking activities was met with much protest from the children. Such were the days when children could run around with a football or could build forts with their hands. Those days are long gone.
At the moment, children rely on technology for the majority of their play. With the introduction of gadgets such as iPads, children would rather play games on them than run around the yard (Bergen, Davis & Abbott, 2016). They are so much engrossed on the television screens playing video games that the thought of games like hiding and seeking are far from their minds. Instead of participating actively in sports, children now virtually sit in front of their computers and bet on the teams that they think could win.
Technology has evidently replaced play time. One should realize the importance of outdoor physical activities especially in children. Outdoor activities factor in greatly on the body’s motor development. Children learn coordination through activities such as riding a bicycle. Diagnoses of coordination disorder are on the rise both in Canada and in the United States majorly because children would rather stay glued to their Android phones playing games as opposed to skipping ropes out in the sun. It is a worrying trend. Additionally, the number of obese children is on the rise because they are becoming more dormant by the day (Bergen, Davis & Abbott, 2016).
Technology and Sensory development
Some years back, children’s visual world was limited to nature. They could react to insect bites that could heal in the shortest time possible and could be forgotten in the same breath. They could get annoyed with a friend who did not want to share a doll with them, and that would last no longer that a few moments. Getting over these simple stresses was as easy as pie. Today, the situation is entirely different.
The virtue of impatience reigns in the use of technology. People get impatient when it takes two seconds to download a video clip (Hart, 2013). One is annoyed when there is a slow connection to the internet, and they were looking up the meaning of an individual word. Children respond no differently to their interaction with technology. They too get anxious while playing video games. They experience stress w...