Many parents raising children during this electronic age hold onto a secret hope that there is no downside to multitasking. Now, researchers believe that multi-tasking while doing homework can create problems that we never imagined.
Most parents know the disturbing research that shows multi-tasking leads to an increase in car crashes. Now, researchers maintain that multi-tasking while doing homework can lead to brain crashes. More, the results of youthful multi-tasking may leave teens with a diminished capacity to concentrate in classrooms.
Is it true that multi-tasking makes young people more efficient? “Not true,” reports Rebecca Clay in the “Monitor on Psychology.” Instead, it “slows children’s productivity, changes the way they learn and may even render social relationships more superficial.”
