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Modern teenagers spend almost all their time in front of the screens of gadgets. Children's total fascination with new technologies leaves a certain mark on their psyche and development. However, the presence of gadgets in the lives of teenagers cannot be unequivocally called negative, because every coin has two sides.
The iGeneration is the name given to the modern generation of teenagers born after 2000, who actually held a smartphone in their hands from diapers, and started a Facebook and Instagram page even before they entered the upper grades at school.
Modern technologies have radically changed people's way of life, and the younger generation is no longer similar to the previous one: teenagers almost do not walk on the streets, do not gather in large companies on benches in yards, do not read books. Of course, it cannot be claimed that communication has completely disappeared from the lives of teenagers, but it has become much less. New times make new demands on the organization of a person, on his skills and abilities, and all this affects the development of children.
The activity of brain structures changes
When a person spends all his time on a computer or gadgets, some skills improve, while others, on the contrary, weaken. So, for example, due to the fact that communication takes place mainly in the network using correspondence, teenagers began to lose the skills of emotional intelligence and the ability to recognize non-verbal signs, which are the main part of live communication.
In a live dialogue, we convey almost 90% of information to the interlocutor through gestures, facial expressions, movements - non-verbal, which sometimes "speak" more than spoken words. But in social networks there is only a verbal component of communication. Therefore, today's teenagers can easily convey their emotions and feelings verbally, but at the same time, they have difficulty reading "implicit signals". And this leads to the fact that understanding between people suffers.
Deterioration of concentration
Gadgets not only distract from some urgent matters, they also give access to huge masses of information. On the one hand, this is good, because the younger generation has access to any knowledge, which means that they can easily clarify any question. And on the other hand, there is no longer any need to specifically study some aspect, to become a specialist in a narrow direction. You don't even need to study the study material before the test, because a smartphone in your pocket or sleeve will always prompt you with the correct answer.
Rapid attention switching
This is one of the advantages of iGeneration. New requirements for skills come in new times. New professions have emerged that require the ability to work with a huge amount of information, quickly switch from one to another, be versatile in many areas and understand everything little by little. Gadgets provide just such an opportunity.
Loneliness and introversion
The whole world in the phone, even more world in the tablet, and the whole universe in the laptop. So why go out if everything is in your room?
Today's teenagers spend most of the day on their gadgets. Live communication is replaced by network communication. Often immersed in their thoughts and emotions. They prefer to express themselves on their blog rather than to their parents or friends. And that's why they spend a lot of time alone.
Such a situation is good for introverts, but it still leaves its mark on the psyche. Teenagers become melancholic, apathetic, prone to depression.
Harmful influence of the Internet
Information on the network contains the most diverse. There are many useful knowledge bases, but there are also outright harmful resources.
Teenagers are young and inexperienced, they perceive information coming from outside uncritically, and therefore are very susceptible to influence. Spam from criminals can cause a number of suicides. Unfortunately, even with parental control, which children are now successfully breaking, it is impossible to fully control the messages that a child receives from the Internet.
Two sides of the same coin
Of course, on the one hand, a close life with gadgets is bad, because it injures the psyche of a teenager. And on the other hand, the modern world puts forward new requirements that only iGeneration children can best meet.
From the first days, the child needs to be explained how to use the network, how much time can be spent on the screens of gadgets, how to perceive what is happening on the Internet. And then the child will be able to benefit from technology. This is a large circle of knowledge, many specializations, answers to all questions, communication with loved ones across borders and distance.
