Amira : Critique on Article

"Screentime is Making Kids Moody, Crazy and Lazy" is an article written by Victoria L. Dunckley M.D.. She is an integrative child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, the author of Reset Your Child's Brain, and an expert on the effects of screentime on the developing nervous system.

This article focused to tell us that too much screentime are causing the children to behave strangely. These children are struggling academically and socially because of chronically high arousal levels. Next, the article also tell us that both parents and clinicians are failing to rule out and address the main cause of this problem that is the everyday use of electronics. 


By looking at the article, we can see that the author had given and provided a very good fact and explanation to support her claim. She was able to give six physiological mechanisms that explain electronics' tendency to produce mood disturbance. Being an expert herself, make the article becomes more convincing. The readers also feel guaranteed to believe the writer's writing. From her article also we can see the author is a bit biased because she only stated the negative effects of screentime to children.

In conclusion, the author said that it is impossible to restrict electronics so drastically but we can take the initiative in helping the children to become calmer, stronger and happier. I totally agree with the author's claim because it is true that the one that can change the children is the children themself and our own self.
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