Parents are encouraging their children to spend an increasing amount of time on tablets and screens because they think it will improve their technological skills. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

The availability of tablets a mobile phones means that even very young

children

can have access to these

devices

.

While

there are obvious

benefits

to

this

, there are significant dangers as well. In

this

,essay I will argue that, so long as

children

are educated to

use

these

devices

properly, their

benefits

outweigh their drawbacks. We must accept that

devices

such

as these are a part of our lives now, and will undoubtedly remain so.

Therefore

, to deny access to them would be to deprive a young person of the

benefits

that they provide. The

skills

required to

use

a device effectively,

such

as searching for information, word processing, design

skills

and communication, are all essential parts of both study and work. A child who has missed out on opportunities to develop technological

skills

will be at a disadvantage in the job market and struggle to succeed in education. Having said

this

, there are risks involved in allowing young

children

to

use

phones and tablets. They may neglect other more traditional

skills

such

as writing by hand and focusing on a source of information for a sufficient time. Digital

devices

encourage rapid switching from one source of information to another and,

as a result

, the attention spans of young people appear to have reduced.

In addition

, phones and tablets are full of potential distractions, which could obviously interfere with the purpose for which they are being used. In conclusion, I would say that so long as these

devices

are used properly and

children

are trained in their

use

, the

benefits

they bring far outweigh the drawbacks.