Should parents set a minimum age or some restrictions for their children to own a smartphone? 📵📵 - EcoTrain QOTW
This is one burning issue of the current age. Mobile phones use restriction is not only for Children but also for adults, but yes it's a critical issue for children..
Parents think mobile phones are a key necessity for children. I will not say its a necessity, I can say its more of a convinience.
This is my personal opinion tbat the children should be given mobile phones at an age of 13 or 14. Which also is not a necessity.
20 years back if we look back there were no mobile phones and children did perfectly fine without them. They went for tuitions without phones, they completed their projects without phones, they went for birthday parties, school picnics, holidays with families all without mobile phones and did perfectly fine. Hence to an extent I believe that it is perfectly ok if children are not given mobile phones.
But what we see today is a competition amongst children of who owns the best phone. Its become a status quo for the children.
We see almost every child with a hi-tech phone.
To an extent whatever we believe but at a majority level it has become inevitable. So then atleast the Parents should feel responsible to what they are providing their children with. If they have provided phones to their children they should be in complete control of it. They should keep doing random checks on the photo gallery, videos, chats, websites visited history, games they play, etc to keep a track of what their child is upto.Games like BlueWhale can completly destroy your child.
When a child has a lock on the phone, this should ring a bell. Why do they need locks, if they have nothing to hide. Parents should observe how much their children are using their phones. If they are all the time hunged onto it, it's not a good sign.
I am not even talking about all the health problems that are being invited for your child by using mobile phones. Those are some more serious issues that parents need to consider.
I am not against children using phones but when parents become careless that's the problem.
I gave my son a mobile phone at an age of 12, as all children he was also on my head to get one.
So we made a deal. I got a basic phone for him, from which only phone calls and sms were possible and we had an agreement that he has to use it for minimum 2 years.
Children learn most of the things and get into habits observing and following Parents, it becomes important for parents to set right examples. Parents should themselves avoid using phones during family conversations, meal times, outings, movies, while driving; cause when children see them using phones all the time they feel it's perfectly ok for them to behave the same.
Other very amusing thing I see is parents giving mobile phones to infants and toddlers to keep them occupied. To this I personally feel its a shame on such parents that they do not have constructive time for their little babies.
I am not against Children using mobile phones, they can be very important learning aid but the most important thing is having a complete control over the use. Personally I feel age of 13 to 14 is right age to give mobile phones to children. Till then patents can always be supportive by lending their phones if they would need for any use. Specially during family vacations, meal times and study times mobile phones should be a strict no.
Mobile phones if use in the right manner can be a very helpful tool.
Our children are our responsibility and we need to be very cautious about their every move.
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Should children even own smartphones?
If I have to decide its a NO, but then we live in times where the children are going through so much peer pressure which cannot be overlooked and we have to find some midway solutions to balance both the sides.
I have never seen any good social or personal results from children being on social media. I know it is going to happen and probably some children even are on Steemit but at least with Steemit they can get paid. I really don't like the idea of children on social media having their data monetized before they even understand it conceptually.
Absolutely yes. I also think unsupervised Internet access should be restricted by parents until age 15. FInally I think children should be kept off social media. I never really agreed with the decision by Facebook and others to allow children to have accounts. I think parents should definitely keep their kids off social media (particularly Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) because nothing good except damaged self esteem, damaged reputation, etc can come from it at that age.
Exceptions in my opinion can be made for children who have personal brands, or who are celebrities.
Great answer’ i particulary agree with the part about setting a good example!!! Thaks @nainaztengra
Thank you Alex for making this QOTW. Its a very important topic in today's time.
I concur with you with a lot of points you raised and i think we both looked at the issue from almost thesame direction. Parents should be responsible for all their actions and make sure the outcomes of their actions should stay positive.
Nowadays i started seing kids as young as age 7-8 with smartphones! I do think it has benefits but giving a smartphone at such a young age... when kids in class start having it then the rest of the kids feel they need to have one too. Its contagious. Not to mention the affect on health..
And so true about setting an example. During family times and meals we avoid being on the phone or even having it next to us. Its very important to be there 100 percent when youre with your family. I enjoyed your post @nanaztengra:) good writing🤗
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I am so happy to read that someone in the world agrees with me. I would not give a child a cell phone that has access to internet or the other social platforms or even have a camera. The kids get so hooked on the phone and I have seen it with my grandchildren. They visit and the cell phone comes with, we went on a trip and they were all messaging their friends the exact location that we were passing. It is sickening. I won't allow them to use their cell phones in my home or in my car.
They call me old fashioned, but that is fine with me.
Yes the new generation think we come from the stone age but I guess when they grow up and see their children doing the same they will understand where we come from :-). It's a fashion being with a phone and they are so much addicted that their life revolves around the phone. Thank you for visiting my blog @trendygran
smartphones are a real addiction now
both for kids and adults
people are just sticked to them!
it really harms kids' psycho world, it's for sure, so you're right.
as late as it's possible...
My niece who has 13 years old got the 3rd phone already at her age (the other 2 were stolen or lost..or she can't remember)...and today when we talked about her new phone trying to make her realise that phones do not grow in the trees free like birds and to not lose this one she said very cam "So what, c'est la vie!" ... we all remain with our mouths open .. they do not care about the price of it, they just want to have their network life and not care about the real life ☹
Their lives are revolving around phones and to an extent the parents need to be blamed. We give into their demands and it is an encouragement to them. Atleast they should realize that it is not something that comes for free. Not only the phone but the kids should value everything in life. Thanx for sharing your story @laviniatherapist
I think you are right, mobile phones should be reserved for when children reach an age where they can be responsible with them and understand the value. It is easy for us to use the excuse it is a way to keep in touch with them, but more often it is just a distraction for them from the real world.
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