"Children Using Computer" Summary

In the article “Impact of Computer Use on Children's Vision” written on the American Optometric Association, the author said millions of children are using computers both in school and at home for education and entertainment. Children can be influenced by using computers, such as eye discomfort, fatigue, blurred vision and headaches. Actually, children will get a deeper influence than the adults. Children often cannot control themselves which they will use computers for many hours even without a break. This can do harm to children's eyes and the eyes may be weak in focusing on a specific target. The author said children can adapt something new very quickly which is a both a good thing and a bad thing. When they are using the computer with a big screen they will not change it to a comfortable view. The author complained this will also cause negative effects to children's eyes.

In the article "The impact of Computer Use on Children’s Neurological Development" which is composed in Katherine's Blog, the author explains how the humans’ brain develops and why using computers can affect kids’ brain development. The author first explained there are three stages in a human being’s brain development of attention. Spending too much time on computers will weaken your attention skill. Some people argued that using computer can build kids’ multitasking skills. However,the author disagree with them because the author think people will have to focus on something they are not interested in for a long period of time in their future study and job. If the kids are weak in this skill, how can they adapt to the society. Furthermore, the author argued that computer games will cause uncontrollable emotions in ones’ brain which will result in lazy and underdeveloped. This is even more serious than the attention development because it causes physical problems to your body as well. The article ends by a writing that Jane Healy said “The way children use computers may have powerful long-term effects on their minds.”