How Technology Lowers Emotional Intelligence in Kids Exit Ticket

What is the central idea of the passage?

• Children who rely on too much technology suffer negative impacts in their emotional lives.

• Children who rely on too much technology suffer negative impacts in their playtime.

• Children who use technology lose their sense of drive and motivation in life.

• Children who rely on technology become angry with the rest of the world.

Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that adults can positively influence children's emotional intelligence?

• "I am defending technology as any external mechanism that disrupts your kid's ability to be present with his or her thoughts and feelings, and attuned to others" (Paragraph 2).

• "Recently, I watched an entire family in a restaurant eat dinner in stoney silence, as each member glared intently at smart phones." (Paragraph 3)

• "He notes that people with high degrees of E.I. have healthier relationships, adapt better to environments, and they are more skilled at working toward their goals." (Paragraph 7)

• "To develop these qualities, teachers and parents strive to foster mindfulness and thoughtful attentiveness to others." (Paragraph 9)

What is the main purpose of paragraphs 11-16?

• to offer real life examples of how technology is harming children's emotional intelligence

• to show how quickly a child's emotional intelligence breaks down due to technology

• to provide a specific solution for each problem caused by technology overuse

• to outline how technology damages each quality of emotional intelligence

What does the phrase "faceless relationships" mean as used in paragraph 13?

• increasing the number of children who are unable to self-reflect

• having too much unsupervised time using technology

• interacting with others without actually seeing them

• allowing children to have many different identities