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Childhood development
How technology impacts child development
What are the long-term effects when toddlers engage with newer technologies?
Specifying what the “effects” are
o Brain, emotion, intellect, communication etc…
Technologies
o iPads or learning technologies
When parents interact with these technologies around the child
o Attachment
Benefits and drawbacks
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Introduction:
In this project I will discuss the certain effects that technology has on a young child's brain, and
dive into the certain health risks, benefits, and drawbacks. Along with studying child's
attachment to their parents and how they interact with these technologies around the child.
Technology is used worldwide by all different ages. Americans spend an estimated nine and a
half hours daily consuming media. Studies have found that forty percent of children under the
age of six have televisions in their rooms. Children under the age of eight spend around two to
seven hours viewing screens, and twenty seven percent of five and six year olds have at least one
hour of screen time. Technology plays a big role in the development of a young child's brain
having both positive and negative effects. It also affects interactions among parents with their
child and sense of attachment.
Courtney, Janet A., and Eva Nowakowski-Sims. “Technology’s Impact on the Parent-Infant
doi:10.1037/pla0000090.
This academic journal is published by the Educational Publishing Foundation and Assn
for Play Therapy. This article examines the impact that technology has on the parent-
child attachment relationship. Here researchers are looking into how technology affects
infants and children both mentally and physically and studying how it can alter the
child’s attachment.
Gavin, Sandra, et al. “Play Therapists’ Attitudes toward Using Technology in the
doi:10.1037/pla0000104.
This academic journal is published by the Educational publishing Foundation along with
Assn for Play Therapy. This journal explains the negative and somewhat positive effects
that technology has on young children’s developing brains. Also, she uses examples of
how therapists utilized technology in the playroom. The use of technology has been
incorporated into treatment of children for issues related to anxiety disorders, phobias,
dysmorphic disorders.
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This article was published by Rebecca Haas on Wisconsin Public Radio. The article
focuses on Westendorfs book that talk’s about technology’s effect on children and how
these devices are destroying our brains. She uses many references from her book and
talks about how kids who even spend up to three hours on technology may have effects
on their brain structures. Westendorf states that technology has helped us in many ways,
Hiscott, Rebecca. “8 Ways Tech Has Completely Rewired Our Brains.” Mashable, Mashable, 14
This article is by Rebecca Hiscott and was published in Mashable. She talks about the
eight ways technology has completely rewired our brains. She talks about how it has
altered human physiology. It effects our memory, attention spans, and sleep cycles. This
Taylor, Jim. “How Technology Is Changing the Way Children Think and Focus.” Psychology
prime/201212/how-technology-is-changing-the-way-children-think-and-focus.
This article was published by Jim Taylor PhD. in Psychology Today. He talks about how
technology can be both beneficial along with harmful if used improperly. Taylor explains
that it is not only affecting the way children think but their brains. This is because he
explains that children’s brains and still forming and the frequent exposure can actually
rewire them.