Post #6

Kathrine Bindley, author of the Huffington Post article, "When Children Text All Day, What Happens to Their Social Skills?", goes into to detail of the affects technology has had on children's social skills. I chose this article because it will be a great article to reference for my paper since my topic is the affects of technology on children. Katherine Bindley is an online media reporter, she graduated from Columbia University with her masters in journalism. Bindley's article is about how children are not going to be able to sit down in an interview and have a two-sided conversation, let alone be able to hold a conversation with someone they see everyday. Bindley's article goes into detail about how our children are loosing common communication skills because of the extended use of technology.

Cris Rowen, author ofHuffington Post article, "The Impact of Technology on The Developing Child", compares how 20 years ago, children grew up creating their own games and playing outside, while today, children are growing up in front of a television or playing games on a cell phone. I chose Rowen's article to support my essay because I liked how it brought up how my generations and generations before me grew up before technology was overused to the extreme. Rowen's article is reputable because she is a spokeswoman for "Are We Digital Dummies?", which has been featured on CBC TV. "Are We Digital Dummies?" is a documentary which touches base with how technology has affected childrens learning and social skills as a whole.