Arguments for my position:

·         Argument #1 - Things that happen at a young age can influence the child too much and have some permanent impact.
     - "Both violent and pornographic imagery can fundamentally alter a developing child's perspective on the world." (Patrick)

·         Argument #2 - There are seemingly no consequences for children. There is no one to tell them "this is bad" which can allow them to grow negatively.
     - Some cyber bullying cases have lead to the suicides of many young children. This is much due to other young children not knowing the consequences of their actions and not knowing how grand the impact can be for someone else. (Ladika)
     - Such acts such as cyber bullying, can lead to criminal sanctions. (Ladika)
     - "Meanwhile, Internet activities usually have no predefined stopping points. Without effective supervision and discipline in the family, the nature of the Internet activities described here will attract children’s and adolescents’ excessive engagement and increase the risk of development of Internet addiction." (Yi-Ping, et al)

·         Argument #3 - Children can be very vulnerable to cyber bullying, and by that extent, also depression as a result.
     - Certain video games can desensitize children to violent or harmful subjects which can lead their development to be negative and lead to hostility and aggression. (Thomas)
     - "Anti-bullying laws in 48 states include provisions for cyberbullying, and 44 contain criminal sanctions for such actions." (Ladika)

·         Argument #4 - Stupid or naive decisions can lead to permanent records and reputation. There is never a sure way to know if everything you want off the internet is permanently off.

             - "When Costeja González asked Google to eliminate the links from the search engine's Spanish domain, the company refused" (Glazer)
      -  Google has been requested more than 1 million times to delete or remove links. However, a little above 40% have actually successfully removed links. (Glazer)

Sources

Ladika, Susan. "Bullying and Cyberbullying." CQ Researcher, 2 Feb. 2018, pp. 97-120, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2018020200.

Glazer, Sarah. "Privacy and the Internet." CQ Researcher, 4 Dec. 2015, pp. 1009-32, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2015120400.

Patrick, Josh. “Physical and Social Effects of Internet Use in Children.” Livestrong.com, 31 Jan. 2014, www.livestrong.com/article/516549-physical-and-social-effects-of-internet-use-in-children/.

Thomas, Jim. “How Do Computers Affect the Social Behavior of Children?” Livestrong.com, 31 Jan. 2014, www.livestrong.com/article/500288-how-do-computers-affect-the-social-behavior-of-children/.

Yi-Ping, Hsieh, et al. "Development and Validation of the Parents' Perceived Self-Efficacy to Manage Children's Internet Use Scale for Parents of Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder." Journal of Behavioral Addictions, vol. 6, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 593-600. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1556/2006.6.2017.066.

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