It is a scary thought and with teenagers and children being heavy consumers and users of these gadgets, they run the risk of being harmed the most. For example, children usually listen to music at higher decibel levels than that for a long time. Hearing will invariably suffer. In addition, children are especially vulnerable because their brains and nervous system are not as immune to attack as adults. Being the physical and biological damage, technology can also have serious mental implications for children. It can be the cause of severe addictive behavior. For example, the children could not be separated from their phones and show disturbed behavior that was making them fall at school. They regularly receive family members to obtain money to buy phone cards to fund their destructive habits.
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It is a scary thought, and with teenagers and children being heavy consumers and users of these gadgets, they run the risk of being harmed the most. For example, children usually listen to music at higher decibel levels for a long time. Hearing will invariably suffer. In addition, children are especially vulnerable because their brains and nervous systems are not as immune to attack as adults. Beyond physical and biological damage, technology can also have serious mental implications for children. It can lead to severe addictive behavior. For example, children could become unable to separate from their phones and show disturbed behavior that affects their performance at school. They regularly ask family members for money to buy phone cards to fund their destructive habits.
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