For the room for debate articles, I read about the topic of internet addiction. Throughout schools, the internet is normally portrayed as terrible. Every time we were given a district writing prompt, the prompt was usually about the internet, and most of the time, the articles that were provided to us had a stronger argument for the one that was against the use of the web, instead of for the one that was all for it. Which left me to write an essay about how I'm against it when in reality, I wasn't. I just went with a stronger argument.
I was very shocked while reading the debates about the internet. The articles were supportive of it but were against certain things. One article talked about how she was just against the cyberbullying that occurs on the internet, whereas one talked about how there should be no limitations on internet use, and that children and adolescents will eventually stop when they want to. I agree with Chris Bergman's article, "Don't Limit Your Teen's Screen Time" because I agree with his views on having no limitations on the web. A child will eventually get sick of the internet, such as if one gets sick of pizza if they eat it for 5 days straight. I also feel as if putting limitations on the internet will make children want to use it way more, which isn't beneficial to the parent, or the child. Children are stubborn, telling them not to do something, will make their urge to do it way more.
Instead of enforcing limitations on the internet, they should be able to browse the internet freely, all the while checking if they don't do anything illegal, or anything that is inappropriate. By doing this, the child can use the web freely, but when the time comes to interact with people in real life, they wouldn't even want to think about it.
-Jasmine Sohal
I agree with what you are saying. If a child is able to use their devices freely, it is likely that they would get tired of it. I understand this because it happens to me. Sometimes I'm using my phone and I start thinking about how I have been using it too much and I end up going outside or doing another activity. I also believe putting restrictions on things especially for children increases the urge. Instead of completely taking a child's device away, the parent can create activities that caused them to not even want to use their devices.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you mentioned that schools usually portray the internet as a harmful place, and like you, I also disagree. Many only write or speak about all the terrifying things the internet has to offer, but its only a menace to humanity because we made it like that. If everyone was self conscious about the things they were publishing the internet would be a safe place. These people don't appreciate all the help the internet has given us, and how it has facilitated our lives.
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