Gadget Brain Destroying Kids' Critical Thinking Skills (video and pictures)
by Monica Davis
Many of our children are growing up in war zones. They face mind altering violence in their schools, homes and neighborhoods, They are also bombarded with fast-paced, attention shortening devices which alter the way they think, shorten their attention spans, and makes them difficult to teach.
Social changes are altering our children’s minds so much that a British legislator says the rise of gadgets and digital devices are shortening children’s attention spans. He says teachers need to teach children how to deal with “gadget brain.”
In an interview with The Independent, Labour’s Tristram Hunt said: “They need to learn the ability to concentrate for sustained periods – especially in today’s world of short attention spans. I think young people need help with being able to do that.”
The intervention comes at a time of rising concern about the impact of the internet and digital gadgets on children’s brain development. The pledge is part of a drive to give more emphasis to developing attributes like “character” and “resilience” in young people, which will be spelt out in a major speech by Mr Hunt on Wednesday. MOREHERE
Tristan Hunt is Britain’s “shadow” Education Secretary. A member of the opposing party–the Labor party holds the post, but Hunt “shadows” the position. He is using that position to build a framework to take over the Secretary’s position when Labor retakes Parliament.
In the US, just like Great Britain, between societal changes and technological changes, today’s students arebombarded with dangerous, mind altering guns, games and gagets. These devices, combined with exposure to domestic violence, neighborhood violence, entertainment violence and news violence are changing the way children think, altering their brain chemistry and altering their behavior.
Many of our children are exhibiting the same heightened fight or flight behavior as the children of war torn countries around the world. In many cases, however, American children do live in war zones. They live in a world of domestic/neighborhood violence, and are drowning in violence which is masquerading as entertainment.
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All of these junk gadgets are turning children into electronic addicts. They become addicted to the electronic game high, and it takes a lot for a teacher to bring their brains back to education levels. Add tv addiction, game addiction, and twitter pated tweet addicts and yu have kids who don’t like t read because they haven’t figgured out out to turn a book on