Outdoor Recreation: Overview.

Behavioral scientists and health experts have noted two trends among children and teenagers in the early twenty-first century. The first is that they have been spending considerably more time engaging with technology and being exposed to media influences than in the past. The developmental and social effects of this trend on young people continued to become increasingly clear during the twenty-first century, and it is widely believed that increased exposure to technology like smartphones and social media correspond to negative behavioral problems, including rising rates of anxiety and depression. On the other hand, use of cutting-edge communications technology teaches proficiencies that will likely be valuable later in their lives.