“A 2010 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that students 8 to 18 spend more than 7.5 hours a day engaged with computers, cell phones, TV, music, or video games…
“Studies have shown multitasking can lead to faster response time, improved peripheral vision, and a greater ability to sift through information quickly. But it also results in a diminished ability to focus on one thing for long…
“How will the generation coming of age now–less accustomed to sustained concentration–be affected? No one’s sure…
“We need to learn from what they’re saying and help our current teenagers a swell as younger kids learn to disconnect…” (From: http://www.parade.com/health/2011/10/generation-wired.html)
Like this:
Like Loading...
Related
Published by
Jonathan Erdman
Writer. In the summers, I live and work in the incredible state of Alaska, in the bush community of McCarthy, as the Executive Director of the Wrangell Mountain Center. When not in McCarthy, you'll typically find me in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, writing and working with local activists. My primary writing project right now is a novel set in remote bush Alaska, of the magical realism genre wherein an earnest and independent young woman finds a mysterious radio belonging to her grandmother, a device that has paranormal bandwidth and a disturbing ability to mess with one's mental stability.
View all posts by Jonathan Erdman
