Analysis Of Jean Twenge Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation

Going through my very early years as a student I was not presented with a lot of the technology that there is now in our society. The smartphone was not popular until into my middle school years, but before that we did not have them. People would pass notes in class and have conversations with one another instead. If you look around nowadays however you see young kids, some of whom cannot even walk yet, being able to confidently use an iphone. I do not think that it is so much of a problem in middle and high school, but at such a young age, kids need to be taught the important aspects of personal contact with others and learn to develop connections with other classmates.
Jean M. Twenge’s “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” addresses
While I agree with some of Twenge’s points about young children not needing to have access to these devices at such a young age, I don’t feel that we need to look at smartphones as a detriment to society as kids grow into their highschool and college years. Twenge mentions how “there’s not a single exception. All screen activities are linked to less happiness, and all non screen activities are linked to more happiness.” While I understand that smartphones defnietly have their drawbacks, I personally feel that there are many exceptions. Smartphones when used in the right ways can be enjoyable and vital to the society that we know and live in. I understand how it can also be harmful, but you cannot just ignore all of the benefits that come along with them. They are a helpful tool that allows us to do a variety of things. From being able to connect with friends and relatives from across the world with ease, to accessing a massive database to learn about anything in a matter of seconds. Without smartphones, making it through a modern college course or even high school class would be next to impossible. With various email and text alerts that are associated with classes and the college, you need to constantly be up to date with everything to make sure that you do not fall behind. This is only able to be accomplished when people have
I feel that there is a problem with the use of technology at a very young age where it is vital for that social interaction to occur, but there should not be a fear of phones and screen time as a whole when kids get older. By that point they should be socially confident enough use phones as a tool rather than a social crutch to rely on. They act as a major tool in education and a way to expand social horizons than what could be previously accomplished in the past. As long as parents can start to control a child's early smartphone use and allow them healthy ways to deal with their problems at a young age, we will be in a much better place with our children in future generations to