Over the last decade lots of children have been growing up with technology at their disposal at a very young age, this causes many pros and cons towads the youth.Did you know that every half second a child goes onto the internet for the very first time. With the internet becomeing so popular amoungest the youth it has arroused suspicion from the childrens parents and some news stories.
Some pros to letting children on teh internet at a you age are opportuines for them to communicate and meet new people. Another skill would be learning problem solving skills to help them later in life so they experiance not everything goes their way all the time. Being on the internet could also expand the childs curiosoty and help them be more indepent and learn things on their own, with them being exposed to so many new ideas and inofrmation they have never seen before.
Even though there are many pros to letting children use the intrenet at a young age there are also many cons, such as the child having sleep problems because they were on their device too long. Another very big con is they could see some hateful content or indecent content that their age group shouldnt be exposed to. Some parenst haver also reported lack of attetion to things going on around them because of the addiction caused by the intrenet. The child could also fall victim to a cyber crime or they could get hacked.
Sources:
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/child-and-youth-safety-online
https://www.ojp.gov/feature/internet-safety/online-safety-youth
What do you think should be done about the youth online?
What age would you let your children access the intrenet?
Do you think that the intrenet does more harm or good for the youth?
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I think that kids are smart enough to look up things they are told not to because they are curious, which could end up in them watching inappropriate content which is not ideal, so I would say that about 12+ you can access the internet as a whole because I think that its an age where you are starting to realize what you should do and not
I feel like you shouldn't have access to the internent at a young age. Especially since as a kid you don't know what to and what not to click, like ads and scams. I think kids who are mature should have internet access.
For kids who are extremely young I think that the internet can be very dangerous for them. If they get addicted to technology they can fail to learn how to develop social skills because they spend all their time on the internet. So as a result of this they should be restricted on how much time they get on their technology.
For kids who are extremely young, I believe the internet can be quite harmful. One reason for this is that the internet can be quite addicting for little kids. If someone spends a large portion of their childhood on the internet, they might not have the cognitive and social skills that others do.
I think that children should be given access to the internet when they are around the age of 10 unless it is for school. I think the youth online should be "childproof" to where they can't just look up anything. I think if the kid gets too curious that it can do more harm then good.
I believe that kids should not be able to have access to the internet when they are younger than 10, unless they understand what the real world is. Kids also seem to believe anything they see on the internet, and this leads them to believe things they shouldn't even know about.
I think that kids at a young age should definitley be restricted to some websites because of the danger that can be caused. I also think that the internt is way safer than it was before. Personally, as long as their not on anything bad I wouldn't mind if they got on the internet at an early age.
I believe the internet has safer and more used websites than we believe it does. The only reason youth might not use the internet is that they could accidentally go onto the wrong website through some ad.
Any age. because if they are mature enough go ahead. just block omegle or other naughty apps. if you really think so. personally i wouldnt care as long as they arent like being really loud about it or doing it infront of me if i was a parent.
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