“IT HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL AREAS”
Stating that children from all age groups grow together with both traditional and modern technology, Istanbul Gelisim University Department of Child Development Faculty member Buse Kerigan says, “Research shows that there has been an increase in the use of modern technology products such as computers, tablets and phones, which have become widespread in recent years. While the use of these technology products is consciously safe, beneficial when used for beneficial purposes and with a time limit it can be determined as abuse when used unsupervised, aimlessly and for long periods of time. Abuse of technology has many negative effects on children in psychological, physical, cognitive and social areas.”
Indicating that children participate in early literacy activities that are necessary throughout their lives, starting from the pre-school period, Kerigan says, “Today, there are many opportunities for children to develop their skills such as listening, expressing themselves, reading and writing. Technology, which is among these opportunities, provides many opportunities for children to play, explore and learn. These learning opportunities coincide with critical processes in the early stages of children's development since in this period, children's brains are extremely flexible and with each experience they have with a natural sense of discovery and research about their own world, new connections between neurons are formed and existing connections become stronger.”
