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Questão 87 205337
UECE 2ª Fase 1° Dia 2016/2Text
President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan
[1] Seventy-one years ago, on a bright
cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and
the world was changed. A flash of light and a
wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated
[5] that mankind possessed the means to destroy
itself.
It is not the fact of war that sets
Hiroshima apart. Artifacts tell us that violent
conflict appeared with the very first man. Our
[10] early ancestors having learned to make blades
from flint and spears from wood used these
tools not just for hunting but against their
own kind. On every continent, the history of
civilization is filled with war, whether driven
[15] by scarcity of grain or hunger for gold, comp
elled by nationalist fervor or religious zeal.
Empires have risen and fallen. Peoples have
been subjugated and liberated. And at each
juncture, innocents have suffered, a countless
[20] toll, their names forgotten by time.
The world war that reached its brutal
end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought
among the wealthiest and most powerful of
nations. Their civilizations had given the world
[25] great cities and magnificent art. Their thinkers
had advanced ideas of justice and harmony
and truth. And yet the war grew out of the
same base instinct for domination or conquest
that had caused conflicts among the simplest
[30] tribes, an old pattern amplified by new
capabilities and without new constraints.
In the image of a mushroom cloud that
rose into these skies, we are most starkly
reminded of humanity’s core contradiction.
[35] How the very spark that marks us as a
species, our thoughts, our imagination, our
language, our toolmaking, our ability to set
ourselves apart from nature and bend it to our
will — those very things also give us the
[40] capacity for unmatched destruction.
How often does material advancement
or social innovation blind us to this truth? How
easily we learn to justify violence in the name
of some higher cause.
[45] Every great religion promises a pathway
to love and peace and righteousness, and yet
no religion has been spared from believers
who have claimed their faith as a license to
kill.
[50] Nations arise telling a story that binds
people together in sacrifice and cooperation,
allowing for remarkable feats. But those same
stories have so often been used to oppress
and dehumanize those who are different.
[55] Science allows us to communicate
across the seas and fly above the clouds, to
cure disease and understand the cosmos, but
those same discoveries can be turned into
ever more efficient killing machines.
[60] The wars of the modern age teach us
this truth. Hiroshima teaches this truth.
Technological progress without an equivalent
progress in human institutions can doom us.
The scientific revolution that led to the
[65] splitting of an atom requires a moral
revolution as well.
Mere words cannot give voice to such
suffering. But we have a shared responsibility
to look directly into the eye of history and ask
[70] what we must do differently to curb such
suffering again.
Since that fateful day, we have made
choices that give us hope. The United States
and Japan have forged not only an alliance but
[75] a friendship that has won far more for our
people than we could ever claim through war.
The nations of Europe built a union that
replaced battlefields with bonds of commerce
and democracy. Oppressed people and nations
[80] won liberation. An international community
established institutions and treaties that work
to avoid war and aspire to restrict and roll
back and ultimately eliminate the existence of
nuclear weapons.
[85] Still, every act of aggression between
nations, every act of terror and corruption and
cruelty and oppression that we see around the
world shows our work is never done. We may
not be able to eliminate man’s capacity to do
[90] evil, so nations and the alliances that we form
must possess the means to defend ourselves.
But among those nations like my own that
hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the
courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue
[95] a world without them.
We may not realize this goal in my
lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the
possibility of catastrophe. We can chart a
course that leads to the destruction of these
[100] stockpiles. We can stop the spread to new
nations and secure deadly materials from
fanatics.
And yet that is not enough. For we see
around the world today how even the crudest
[105] rifles and barrel bombs can serve up violence
on a terrible scale. We must change our mindset
about war itself. To prevent conflict
through diplomacy and strive to end conflicts
after they’ve begun. To see our growing
[110] interdependence as a cause for peaceful
cooperation and not violent competition. To
define our nations not by our capacity to
destroy but by what we build. And perhaps,
above all, we must reimagine our connection
[115] to one another as members of one human
race.
For this, too, is what makes our species
unique. We’re not bound by genetic code to
repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn.
[120] We can choose. We can tell our children a
different story, one that describes a common
humanity, one that makes war less likely and
cruelty less easily accepted.
My own nation’s story began with
[125] simple words: All men are created equal and
endowed by our creator with certain
unalienable rights including life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Realizing that ideal
has never been easy, even within our own
[130] borders, even among our own citizens. But
staying true to that story is worth the effort. It
is an ideal to be strived for, an ideal that
extends across continents and across oceans.
The irreducible worth of every person, the
[135] insistence that every life is precious, the
radical and necessary notion that we are part
of a single human family — that is the story
that we all must tell.
Ordinary people understand this, I
[140] think. They do not want more war. They
would rather that the wonders of science be
focused on improving life and not eliminating
it. When the choices made by nations, when
the choices made by leaders, reflect this
[145] simple wisdom, then the lesson of Hiroshima
is done.
The world was forever changed here,
but today the children of this city will go
through their day in peace. What a precious
[150] thing that is. It is worth protecting, and then
extending to every child. That is a future we
can choose, a future in which Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of
atomic warfare but as the start of our own
[155] moral awakening.
From:www.nytimes.com
According to the text, despite the remarkable achievements humanity has reached
Questão 83 205333
UECE 2ª Fase 1° Dia 2016/2Text
President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan
[1] Seventy-one years ago, on a bright
cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and
the world was changed. A flash of light and a
wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated
[5] that mankind possessed the means to destroy
itself.
It is not the fact of war that sets
Hiroshima apart. Artifacts tell us that violent
conflict appeared with the very first man. Our
[10] early ancestors having learned to make blades
from flint and spears from wood used these
tools not just for hunting but against their
own kind. On every continent, the history of
civilization is filled with war, whether driven
[15] by scarcity of grain or hunger for gold, comp
elled by nationalist fervor or religious zeal.
Empires have risen and fallen. Peoples have
been subjugated and liberated. And at each
juncture, innocents have suffered, a countless
[20] toll, their names forgotten by time.
The world war that reached its brutal
end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought
among the wealthiest and most powerful of
nations. Their civilizations had given the world
[25] great cities and magnificent art. Their thinkers
had advanced ideas of justice and harmony
and truth. And yet the war grew out of the
same base instinct for domination or conquest
that had caused conflicts among the simplest
[30] tribes, an old pattern amplified by new
capabilities and without new constraints.
In the image of a mushroom cloud that
rose into these skies, we are most starkly
reminded of humanity’s core contradiction.
[35] How the very spark that marks us as a
species, our thoughts, our imagination, our
language, our toolmaking, our ability to set
ourselves apart from nature and bend it to our
will — those very things also give us the
[40] capacity for unmatched destruction.
How often does material advancement
or social innovation blind us to this truth? How
easily we learn to justify violence in the name
of some higher cause.
[45] Every great religion promises a pathway
to love and peace and righteousness, and yet
no religion has been spared from believers
who have claimed their faith as a license to
kill.
[50] Nations arise telling a story that binds
people together in sacrifice and cooperation,
allowing for remarkable feats. But those same
stories have so often been used to oppress
and dehumanize those who are different.
[55] Science allows us to communicate
across the seas and fly above the clouds, to
cure disease and understand the cosmos, but
those same discoveries can be turned into
ever more efficient killing machines.
[60] The wars of the modern age teach us
this truth. Hiroshima teaches this truth.
Technological progress without an equivalent
progress in human institutions can doom us.
The scientific revolution that led to the
[65] splitting of an atom requires a moral
revolution as well.
Mere words cannot give voice to such
suffering. But we have a shared responsibility
to look directly into the eye of history and ask
[70] what we must do differently to curb such
suffering again.
Since that fateful day, we have made
choices that give us hope. The United States
and Japan have forged not only an alliance but
[75] a friendship that has won far more for our
people than we could ever claim through war.
The nations of Europe built a union that
replaced battlefields with bonds of commerce
and democracy. Oppressed people and nations
[80] won liberation. An international community
established institutions and treaties that work
to avoid war and aspire to restrict and roll
back and ultimately eliminate the existence of
nuclear weapons.
[85] Still, every act of aggression between
nations, every act of terror and corruption and
cruelty and oppression that we see around the
world shows our work is never done. We may
not be able to eliminate man’s capacity to do
[90] evil, so nations and the alliances that we form
must possess the means to defend ourselves.
But among those nations like my own that
hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the
courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue
[95] a world without them.
We may not realize this goal in my
lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the
possibility of catastrophe. We can chart a
course that leads to the destruction of these
[100] stockpiles. We can stop the spread to new
nations and secure deadly materials from
fanatics.
And yet that is not enough. For we see
around the world today how even the crudest
[105] rifles and barrel bombs can serve up violence
on a terrible scale. We must change our mindset
about war itself. To prevent conflict
through diplomacy and strive to end conflicts
after they’ve begun. To see our growing
[110] interdependence as a cause for peaceful
cooperation and not violent competition. To
define our nations not by our capacity to
destroy but by what we build. And perhaps,
above all, we must reimagine our connection
[115] to one another as members of one human
race.
For this, too, is what makes our species
unique. We’re not bound by genetic code to
repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn.
[120] We can choose. We can tell our children a
different story, one that describes a common
humanity, one that makes war less likely and
cruelty less easily accepted.
My own nation’s story began with
[125] simple words: All men are created equal and
endowed by our creator with certain
unalienable rights including life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Realizing that ideal
has never been easy, even within our own
[130] borders, even among our own citizens. But
staying true to that story is worth the effort. It
is an ideal to be strived for, an ideal that
extends across continents and across oceans.
The irreducible worth of every person, the
[135] insistence that every life is precious, the
radical and necessary notion that we are part
of a single human family — that is the story
that we all must tell.
Ordinary people understand this, I
[140] think. They do not want more war. They
would rather that the wonders of science be
focused on improving life and not eliminating
it. When the choices made by nations, when
the choices made by leaders, reflect this
[145] simple wisdom, then the lesson of Hiroshima
is done.
The world was forever changed here,
but today the children of this city will go
through their day in peace. What a precious
[150] thing that is. It is worth protecting, and then
extending to every child. That is a future we
can choose, a future in which Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of
atomic warfare but as the start of our own
[155] moral awakening.
From:www.nytimes.com
After the dropping of the Hiroshima bomb the world understood that
Questão 82 205332
UECE 2ª Fase 1° Dia 2016/2Text
President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan
[1] Seventy-one years ago, on a bright
cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and
the world was changed. A flash of light and a
wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated
[5] that mankind possessed the means to destroy
itself.
It is not the fact of war that sets
Hiroshima apart. Artifacts tell us that violent
conflict appeared with the very first man. Our
[10] early ancestors having learned to make blades
from flint and spears from wood used these
tools not just for hunting but against their
own kind. On every continent, the history of
civilization is filled with war, whether driven
[15] by scarcity of grain or hunger for gold, comp
elled by nationalist fervor or religious zeal.
Empires have risen and fallen. Peoples have
been subjugated and liberated. And at each
juncture, innocents have suffered, a countless
[20] toll, their names forgotten by time.
The world war that reached its brutal
end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought
among the wealthiest and most powerful of
nations. Their civilizations had given the world
[25] great cities and magnificent art. Their thinkers
had advanced ideas of justice and harmony
and truth. And yet the war grew out of the
same base instinct for domination or conquest
that had caused conflicts among the simplest
[30] tribes, an old pattern amplified by new
capabilities and without new constraints.
In the image of a mushroom cloud that
rose into these skies, we are most starkly
reminded of humanity’s core contradiction.
[35] How the very spark that marks us as a
species, our thoughts, our imagination, our
language, our toolmaking, our ability to set
ourselves apart from nature and bend it to our
will — those very things also give us the
[40] capacity for unmatched destruction.
How often does material advancement
or social innovation blind us to this truth? How
easily we learn to justify violence in the name
of some higher cause.
[45] Every great religion promises a pathway
to love and peace and righteousness, and yet
no religion has been spared from believers
who have claimed their faith as a license to
kill.
[50] Nations arise telling a story that binds
people together in sacrifice and cooperation,
allowing for remarkable feats. But those same
stories have so often been used to oppress
and dehumanize those who are different.
[55] Science allows us to communicate
across the seas and fly above the clouds, to
cure disease and understand the cosmos, but
those same discoveries can be turned into
ever more efficient killing machines.
[60] The wars of the modern age teach us
this truth. Hiroshima teaches this truth.
Technological progress without an equivalent
progress in human institutions can doom us.
The scientific revolution that led to the
[65] splitting of an atom requires a moral
revolution as well.
Mere words cannot give voice to such
suffering. But we have a shared responsibility
to look directly into the eye of history and ask
[70] what we must do differently to curb such
suffering again.
Since that fateful day, we have made
choices that give us hope. The United States
and Japan have forged not only an alliance but
[75] a friendship that has won far more for our
people than we could ever claim through war.
The nations of Europe built a union that
replaced battlefields with bonds of commerce
and democracy. Oppressed people and nations
[80] won liberation. An international community
established institutions and treaties that work
to avoid war and aspire to restrict and roll
back and ultimately eliminate the existence of
nuclear weapons.
[85] Still, every act of aggression between
nations, every act of terror and corruption and
cruelty and oppression that we see around the
world shows our work is never done. We may
not be able to eliminate man’s capacity to do
[90] evil, so nations and the alliances that we form
must possess the means to defend ourselves.
But among those nations like my own that
hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the
courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue
[95] a world without them.
We may not realize this goal in my
lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the
possibility of catastrophe. We can chart a
course that leads to the destruction of these
[100] stockpiles. We can stop the spread to new
nations and secure deadly materials from
fanatics.
And yet that is not enough. For we see
around the world today how even the crudest
[105] rifles and barrel bombs can serve up violence
on a terrible scale. We must change our mindset
about war itself. To prevent conflict
through diplomacy and strive to end conflicts
after they’ve begun. To see our growing
[110] interdependence as a cause for peaceful
cooperation and not violent competition. To
define our nations not by our capacity to
destroy but by what we build. And perhaps,
above all, we must reimagine our connection
[115] to one another as members of one human
race.
For this, too, is what makes our species
unique. We’re not bound by genetic code to
repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn.
[120] We can choose. We can tell our children a
different story, one that describes a common
humanity, one that makes war less likely and
cruelty less easily accepted.
My own nation’s story began with
[125] simple words: All men are created equal and
endowed by our creator with certain
unalienable rights including life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Realizing that ideal
has never been easy, even within our own
[130] borders, even among our own citizens. But
staying true to that story is worth the effort. It
is an ideal to be strived for, an ideal that
extends across continents and across oceans.
The irreducible worth of every person, the
[135] insistence that every life is precious, the
radical and necessary notion that we are part
of a single human family — that is the story
that we all must tell.
Ordinary people understand this, I
[140] think. They do not want more war. They
would rather that the wonders of science be
focused on improving life and not eliminating
it. When the choices made by nations, when
the choices made by leaders, reflect this
[145] simple wisdom, then the lesson of Hiroshima
is done.
The world was forever changed here,
but today the children of this city will go
through their day in peace. What a precious
[150] thing that is. It is worth protecting, and then
extending to every child. That is a future we
can choose, a future in which Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of
atomic warfare but as the start of our own
[155] moral awakening.
From:www.nytimes.com
The truth which Obama refers to is that
Questão 81 205325
UECE 2ª Fase 1° Dia 2016/2Text
President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan
[1] Seventy-one years ago, on a bright
cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and
the world was changed. A flash of light and a
wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated
[5] that mankind possessed the means to destroy
itself.
It is not the fact of war that sets
Hiroshima apart. Artifacts tell us that violent
conflict appeared with the very first man. Our
[10] early ancestors having learned to make blades
from flint and spears from wood used these
tools not just for hunting but against their
own kind. On every continent, the history of
civilization is filled with war, whether driven
[15] by scarcity of grain or hunger for gold, comp
elled by nationalist fervor or religious zeal.
Empires have risen and fallen. Peoples have
been subjugated and liberated. And at each
juncture, innocents have suffered, a countless
[20] toll, their names forgotten by time.
The world war that reached its brutal
end in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was fought
among the wealthiest and most powerful of
nations. Their civilizations had given the world
[25] great cities and magnificent art. Their thinkers
had advanced ideas of justice and harmony
and truth. And yet the war grew out of the
same base instinct for domination or conquest
that had caused conflicts among the simplest
[30] tribes, an old pattern amplified by new
capabilities and without new constraints.
In the image of a mushroom cloud that
rose into these skies, we are most starkly
reminded of humanity’s core contradiction.
[35] How the very spark that marks us as a
species, our thoughts, our imagination, our
language, our toolmaking, our ability to set
ourselves apart from nature and bend it to our
will — those very things also give us the
[40] capacity for unmatched destruction.
How often does material advancement
or social innovation blind us to this truth? How
easily we learn to justify violence in the name
of some higher cause.
[45] Every great religion promises a pathway
to love and peace and righteousness, and yet
no religion has been spared from believers
who have claimed their faith as a license to
kill.
[50] Nations arise telling a story that binds
people together in sacrifice and cooperation,
allowing for remarkable feats. But those same
stories have so often been used to oppress
and dehumanize those who are different.
[55] Science allows us to communicate
across the seas and fly above the clouds, to
cure disease and understand the cosmos, but
those same discoveries can be turned into
ever more efficient killing machines.
[60] The wars of the modern age teach us
this truth. Hiroshima teaches this truth.
Technological progress without an equivalent
progress in human institutions can doom us.
The scientific revolution that led to the
[65] splitting of an atom requires a moral
revolution as well.
Mere words cannot give voice to such
suffering. But we have a shared responsibility
to look directly into the eye of history and ask
[70] what we must do differently to curb such
suffering again.
Since that fateful day, we have made
choices that give us hope. The United States
and Japan have forged not only an alliance but
[75] a friendship that has won far more for our
people than we could ever claim through war.
The nations of Europe built a union that
replaced battlefields with bonds of commerce
and democracy. Oppressed people and nations
[80] won liberation. An international community
established institutions and treaties that work
to avoid war and aspire to restrict and roll
back and ultimately eliminate the existence of
nuclear weapons.
[85] Still, every act of aggression between
nations, every act of terror and corruption and
cruelty and oppression that we see around the
world shows our work is never done. We may
not be able to eliminate man’s capacity to do
[90] evil, so nations and the alliances that we form
must possess the means to defend ourselves.
But among those nations like my own that
hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the
courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue
[95] a world without them.
We may not realize this goal in my
lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the
possibility of catastrophe. We can chart a
course that leads to the destruction of these
[100] stockpiles. We can stop the spread to new
nations and secure deadly materials from
fanatics.
And yet that is not enough. For we see
around the world today how even the crudest
[105] rifles and barrel bombs can serve up violence
on a terrible scale. We must change our mindset
about war itself. To prevent conflict
through diplomacy and strive to end conflicts
after they’ve begun. To see our growing
[110] interdependence as a cause for peaceful
cooperation and not violent competition. To
define our nations not by our capacity to
destroy but by what we build. And perhaps,
above all, we must reimagine our connection
[115] to one another as members of one human
race.
For this, too, is what makes our species
unique. We’re not bound by genetic code to
repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn.
[120] We can choose. We can tell our children a
different story, one that describes a common
humanity, one that makes war less likely and
cruelty less easily accepted.
My own nation’s story began with
[125] simple words: All men are created equal and
endowed by our creator with certain
unalienable rights including life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Realizing that ideal
has never been easy, even within our own
[130] borders, even among our own citizens. But
staying true to that story is worth the effort. It
is an ideal to be strived for, an ideal that
extends across continents and across oceans.
The irreducible worth of every person, the
[135] insistence that every life is precious, the
radical and necessary notion that we are part
of a single human family — that is the story
that we all must tell.
Ordinary people understand this, I
[140] think. They do not want more war. They
would rather that the wonders of science be
focused on improving life and not eliminating
it. When the choices made by nations, when
the choices made by leaders, reflect this
[145] simple wisdom, then the lesson of Hiroshima
is done.
The world was forever changed here,
but today the children of this city will go
through their day in peace. What a precious
[150] thing that is. It is worth protecting, and then
extending to every child. That is a future we
can choose, a future in which Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of
atomic warfare but as the start of our own
[155] moral awakening.
From:www.nytimes.com
According to the American leader, some people have used religion
Questão 60 205193
UECE 1ª Fase 2016/2TEXT
In the new documentary “Screenagers,” children can’t resist the pull of electronic devices, and parents don’t know what to do about it.
The average child in America spends more time consuming electronic media than going to school, with many teenagers going online “almost constantly.” And parents aren’t necessarily being good role models. A British study showed that while six in 10 parents worried that their children spend too much time in front of a screen, seven in 10 children worry that their parents are the ones who are plugged in and tuned out.
Dr. Delaney Ruston, the director of “Screenagers” and a physician serving as filmmaker in residence at Stony Brook Medicine in New York, says that screen time remains a topic that’s often contentious and downright confusing. I spoke with Dr. Ruston about her own family’s messy struggles with digital distractions, and about the surprising insights she learned making this film. Here’s an edited version of our conversation:
When I started the film, I was a mom having a hard time with my own teenage kids. My 14-year-old son wanted to play more video games, and my 12- year-old daughter was always on social media. I was at a loss. I would suddenly get mad and then feel guilty. I realized speaking with other parents that we all felt paralyzed about our kids and screen overload and that it’s only getting worse.
At the same time, I was seeing more of this issue with my patients. As a primary care doctor, I saw more and more kids of all ages and backgrounds glued to a screen. I felt a real need to understand the science around screen time and kids. And as a filmmaker who has worked on other movies for social change, I wanted to share my journey in order to help others who are struggling with these issues as well.
Excessive use of screens could harm the physical development of young people’s brains. Studies show a correlation between too much screen time and worse attention spans, as well as negative effects on learning. We talk about two really important studies in the film, one with mice and another with preschoolers.
In the first study, scientists found that when young mice are repeatedly exposed to flashing sounds and lights that mimic screen time, they develop fewer nerve cells in the parts of the brain that control learning and memory. The same stimulus doesn’t affect brains of adult mice. There’s something unique about the way screen time impacts the developing brain.
In the other study with preschoolers, researchers divided 60 kids into two groups. Half watched fast-paced images on screens for about 10 minutes, while the other half drew with crayons in another room. Then all the kids took the same test of cognitive skills. The kids who were exposed to the screens did significantly worse on the exams.
Our current fast-paced digital media, from flash games and online videos, to social media feeds and constant texting, seems to tire the brain. This has major implications for kids and how they reach their full academic potential.
I want every parent to know two main scientific facts: The first is that the part of the brain responsible for things such as planning, decision-making and impulse control (the frontal cortex) grows slowly over the teen years and is not fully developed until our 20s. The second is that screen time releases the chemical dopamine in the reward centers of the brain, and there is no other time in life when you’re as susceptible to that pleasure-producing chemical than in adolescence.
The worst thing a parent can do is hand over a smartphone and hope for the best. But parents often feel like trying to set limits is pointless, that the cat is out of the bag, tech is everywhere. I hear all kinds of excuses. But kids’ brains aren’t wired to self-regulate. They can’t do it without you, and they shouldn’t have to.
Given the right guidelines, kids can increase self-control over time. And that’s a more important indicator of success than even I.Q. I was really surprised, and you’ll see in the film, kids consistently told me that they want rules around their screen time.
So you have to set guidelines. Two of our rules are: No phones in bedrooms at night, and no phone use in the car. We use alarm clocks and talk with each other instead. Those are the easy ones. For the rest of the “rules,” and what you’ll see after a few painful mistakes on my part in the film, is that it’s best to create a contract with your kids’ input. That’s right. Kids don’t want to be held to a higher standard than their parents, and that’s a big issue. You can’t punish your kids for breaking the rules when you can’t put your own devices down. Also, don’t make rules that don’t make sense, and remember that humans respond better to reward than punishment.
From: www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15
As to the use of controlling rules or guidelines by parents in relation to their children’s screen time, the director of the film found out that
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In the new documentary “Screenagers,” children can’t resist the pull of electronic devices, and parents don’t know what to do about it.
The average child in America spends more time consuming electronic media than going to school, with many teenagers going online “almost constantly.” And parents aren’t necessarily being good role models. A British study showed that while six in 10 parents worried that their children spend too much time in front of a screen, seven in 10 children worry that their parents are the ones who are plugged in and tuned out.
Dr. Delaney Ruston, the director of “Screenagers” and a physician serving as filmmaker in residence at Stony Brook Medicine in New York, says that screen time remains a topic that’s often contentious and downright confusing. I spoke with Dr. Ruston about her own family’s messy struggles with digital distractions, and about the surprising insights she learned making this film. Here’s an edited version of our conversation:
When I started the film, I was a mom having a hard time with my own teenage kids. My 14-year-old son wanted to play more video games, and my 12- year-old daughter was always on social media. I was at a loss. I would suddenly get mad and then feel guilty. I realized speaking with other parents that we all felt paralyzed about our kids and screen overload and that it’s only getting worse.
At the same time, I was seeing more of this issue with my patients. As a primary care doctor, I saw more and more kids of all ages and backgrounds glued to a screen. I felt a real need to understand the science around screen time and kids. And as a filmmaker who has worked on other movies for social change, I wanted to share my journey in order to help others who are struggling with these issues as well.
Excessive use of screens could harm the physical development of young people’s brains. Studies show a correlation between too much screen time and worse attention spans, as well as negative effects on learning. We talk about two really important studies in the film, one with mice and another with preschoolers.
In the first study, scientists found that when young mice are repeatedly exposed to flashing sounds and lights that mimic screen time, they develop fewer nerve cells in the parts of the brain that control learning and memory. The same stimulus doesn’t affect brains of adult mice. There’s something unique about the way screen time impacts the developing brain.
In the other study with preschoolers, researchers divided 60 kids into two groups. Half watched fast-paced images on screens for about 10 minutes, while the other half drew with crayons in another room. Then all the kids took the same test of cognitive skills. The kids who were exposed to the screens did significantly worse on the exams.
Our current fast-paced digital media, from flash games and online videos, to social media feeds and constant texting, seems to tire the brain. This has major implications for kids and how they reach their full academic potential.
I want every parent to know two main scientific facts: The first is that the part of the brain responsible for things such as planning, decision-making and impulse control (the frontal cortex) grows slowly over the teen years and is not fully developed until our 20s. The second is that screen time releases the chemical dopamine in the reward centers of the brain, and there is no other time in life when you’re as susceptible to that pleasure-producing chemical than in adolescence.
The worst thing a parent can do is hand over a smartphone and hope for the best. But parents often feel like trying to set limits is pointless, that the cat is out of the bag, tech is everywhere. I hear all kinds of excuses. But kids’ brains aren’t wired to self-regulate. They can’t do it without you, and they shouldn’t have to.
Given the right guidelines, kids can increase self-control over time. And that’s a more important indicator of success than even I.Q. I was really surprised, and you’ll see in the film, kids consistently told me that they want rules around their screen time.
So you have to set guidelines. Two of our rules are: No phones in bedrooms at night, and no phone use in the car. We use alarm clocks and talk with each other instead. Those are the easy ones. For the rest of the “rules,” and what you’ll see after a few painful mistakes on my part in the film, is that it’s best to create a contract with your kids’ input. That’s right. Kids don’t want to be held to a higher standard than their parents, and that’s a big issue. You can’t punish your kids for breaking the rules when you can’t put your own devices down. Also, don’t make rules that don’t make sense, and remember that humans respond better to reward than punishment.
From: www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15
In relation to the implications of an overexposition of children and teenagers to electronic devices, Dr. Ruston calls attention to some scientific data related to brain development such as the fact that
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