Amira : Critique Evaluation

"Screen Addiction is Taking a Toll on Children" is an article written by Jane E. Body. She is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times. She joined The Times as a specialist in medicine and biology in 1965 after completing degrees in biochemistry and science writing at The New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism, respectively, and a two-year stint as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune. Her award-winning column is published in The Times’s Science Times section every Tuesday and in many other newspapers around the country.


The main point of this article can be divided into two. Firstly, the author try to highlight how the excessive use of electronic media can have significant negative effects on children's behavior, health and school performance. Next, the author show us that the parents are unaware of the potential harm the heavy use of electronic gadgets can give to their children.


The author did a great job in presenting her data by providing enough facts and evidences to support her claim. Being a specialist herself, may convinced the readers to read and agree with her article. The tone is serious. That's mean the writer is taking this problem very seriously. The author did achieved her purpose for creating this article that is to tell all of us about how dangerous screen addiction can be to the children. In addition, the writer also tell us about unawareness from parents of this matter may lead to another bad things to happen to their children.


From my point of view, I totally agree with the article. Firstly, I do agree because me myself cannot find any good things screen addiction can give to all of us especially the children. Next, eventhough the author is a bit biased but for me all the things that have been stated in this article is true. It is just like what the author said that screen addiction are ruining the child's behavior, health and school performance. I think this issue need to get a biggest concern in the society because it is happening all around the world.


In conclusion, all people especially parents need to play our role well in the society to prevent this problem from happen more seriously. We also need to be aware of the negative effects from the heavy use of electronic gadgets can give to the children.
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