The side effects of ICT devices on teenagers

No doubt about it, information and communications technology ICT has definitely made the world a better place for all. It has made a lot positive impact on the teenagers of today. No wonder this epoch is referred to as the computer age. Anything and everything is tendering towards digital technology. With the aid of the computer, something that could take days to accomplish is achieved in matters of seconds now. The computer has continued to proof its definition as a device that makes work easier and faster to accomplish. With more and more great inventions yet to come in this regards, the sky can only be starting point for digital and computerized world.
As it has been rightly confirmed, nothing good without a bad side either. Early exposure to ICT is really impacting negatively on our teenagers of  today. They are mostly distracted by a lot of ICT devices like ipods, ipads, tablets, blackberry, android phones e.t.c. With these devices, they come in contact with X rated contents, spend there precious time playing computer games and visit social media platforms like facebook, twitter, instagram, whatapps e.t.c.
This new age technique that teenagers of today derive so much pleasure in engaging themselves has completely replaced old time ones like engaging in folk plays & games, folk songs & dances, rendering voluntary & humanitarians services, joining social clubs like the boys scout, girls guide, red cross, boys brigade e.t.c.
The teenagers of today have succeeded in establishing a great social online presence to the detriment of their academics, religious and moral standards. Unlike before whereby teenagers are encouraged to embrace the world of books and literatures, social media exercises like chatting, posting twitting e.t.c is now the order of the day.
We cannot over rule the fact that youths of today spend more time with media than with their parents or teacher and the challenges are enormous. Only close monitoring of the manner of usage of these ICT devices can actually curb situation.



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