How Young Is Too Young For A Smartphone?
Today about 80 percent of teens between 12 and 17 own a smartphone, and it’s not uncommon to see three and four years old becoming quite fluent with using a touch tablet or a touch device, so by the time they turn 6 or 7 years old they are very comfortable with the mobile devices. But how young is too young for a smartphone?
Mobile phone is a need nowadays, it is a source for a person to contact his friends and family. In a case of emergency one can contact his family or friends, so it proves to be a very beneficial thing for all. But at the same time smartphones have a lot of disadvantages and we observe it in our daily life. For example there are always news on media that a kid has been kidnapped and
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All of the above mentioned points are unethical and is considered a crime in most of the states. Everything is just a click away from you, this is mostly used for a negative purpose. For example if a kid reads about some incident on social media but its content may not be appropriate for him but he can easily access that while just typing it on google. Most of the teenagers are involved in unethical activities and smartphones have made it easy for them to continue these unethical activities which is not only destroying our culture but also causing different diseases. Most of the kids like to stay at home and spend their time on social media or playing games on smartphones rather than going out and doing physical activities, this results in several health issues in them due to lack of exercise like obesity. Most of the teenagers have made their ideals who might not be a good influence to them, there are many models and celebrities on social media who are a bad influence for the teenagers, through smartphones anyone can access to their daily life and most of these teenagers try to copy their ideals. For example many singers are promoting the thug life which is causing a really bad influence on teenagers worldwide. Many teenagers are doing drugs worldwide because of this bad influence because that is what most of the celebrities are promoting. So giving a mobile phone to someone at a young age is same like giving a gun to
The non-fiction reading called “A Cell of Our Own Making” by Moira Farr concentrated on cellphones and their importance in people’s daily life. The author goes in detail on how cellphones are given more importance and how far we has a society dependent on cellphone. The reading states that “It was now standard to ask student to turn off their cellphones before class, they ring anyways and one of student asked the teacher to leave the class just so he can answer the phone (Farr, 6)”. Farr states student consider cellphone more of an emergency then an actual emergency. The author tells us how people are too invested in their cellphones and how they would prefer talking on the cellphone over in person communication.
Is Googling Good or Bad? A Response to Stop Googling. Let’s Talk. In the article, “Stop Googling.
Because of the increasing privileges that teenagers in the 2020s are presented with, they can often be used in a negative way. For instance, today teens are given an abundance of technology, such as tv’s and phones. And due to the technological advancements of the 21st century, teens today have significantly more access to technology that can be used for good or bad. ABC News reports that “Teens spend more than 7 hours a day on screens for entertainment”. This is obviously extremely harmful to any human’s mental health, but also affects physical health.
Smartphones are in the pockets of almost all teens living in a first-world country every day. These devices have the ability to bring communication with ease and distance in only a matter of seconds. The effects that’s phones have by continually checking them must be the cause of teens depression, anxiousness, and being antisocial. Do these effects create negative long-term impacts? Where are adolescents learning the examples of cell phone use? In "Are Smart Phones Really Destroying the Adolescent Brain?", published in Scientific American, Carlin Flora's thesis is that the effects of smartphones on the adolescent brain are dependent on how young people use the device, activities that are not happening because of the time spent on the device,
In the world today, people are more focused on their cell phones and other technology than the world outside of them. Technology has given us many new things to make things in life much easier. A cell phone allows for people to contact others from almost anywhere in the world. This is something people would have never thought would be possible. Although cell phones are very nice they can distract people from the world around them and the things it has to offer.
Should Online Time be Limited for Teens? Teenagers are spending so many hours a week online, it is affecting us in multiple ways. It results in us getting less of things we need most. There can be deeper problems within us by using too much social media. Lastly we do not know how to manage our time we spent too much time on social media.
Cell Phones and Their Negative Impact Every day 6.8 billion people use a cell phone. With almost 91% of the world population using these devices, one would assume they are safe. They are not. Some would disagree, contradicting with how cell phones can improve your everyday life with health apps, reminders, etc.
Since social media came around , there’s have been a decrease in real-life conversations , More people are building a relationship online and drifting away from the real world. It's starting to cause a lack of face to face communication. Teenagers don't even pay attention to the outside world or their surroundings when they’re on their phones. You get easily distracted when you are on your phone. Also technology causes you to miss out on your sleep and losing sleep have negative effects on your brain.
Cell Phones: The average teenager who gets on their phone, just for a second, each hour has the same mind as a 30 year old cocaine addict. Teens have their minds tricked into thinking they can’t live without their cell phones and social media. Teens need to be able to talk to and connect with others and learn face-to-face communication skills. Nowadays teens can get harmed very easily, and teens do not really know who is on the other side of the screen. Studies have shown that phones can ruin lives with the blink of an eye.
Cell Phones Have you ever wondered why your parents would not get you a phone?. In Today’s technologically advanced world, it is pretty common that you have at least one or two connections between technology. However, most parents disagree assuming that technology is hurting the teen’s Childhood. Nevertheless, having a cell phone is a necessity in today’s modernized world. Some of the reasons are practicality, GPS tracking for parents to know where their kids are, and safety.
Social media sites including Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are at their peak when influencing young adults. Ongoing issues, cyberbullying, threats, and hate crimes are being presented through these social media sites and this is one of the multitude of reasons why parents should limit the use of technology for their teenagers. I agree that parents should limit the use of social media for their teenage child, or for any age child, because ongoing use causes lack of exercise, impaired social skills, and harm for threat and violence. Parents should restrict the use of social media sites for their children because it causes a decrease in physical activity. New research is showing a rapid decline in physical activity all around the globe.
As a result, they do not focus on class and get bad result on their exam. Third, smartphone addiction also affect teenager’s relationship with others. Smartphone addiction can affect relationship between teenager and their parents. Teenagers are more likely to spend time with their smartphone instead with their parents. A research by Tessa (2014) found that 98.5% of the responder agree on teenager look for peer’s recognition though social media on their smartphone.
Children under Twelve years Old should not Use Smartphones Today, telecommunication and technology have improved dramatically and created facilities to make more convenient the life Human beings. One of the very important tools of technology and telecommunications, that people use a lot, is smart phones. Although cell phones have advantages for people and are considered as an essential and integral tool, they have their disadvantages as well. Nowadays, the user of smart phones are not only elders but also children use who are more vulnerable than elders. The disadvantages of smartphones are more than their advantages, so it can be a dilemma for some parents whether allow their children to use smartphones or do not.
As technology continues to improve, the usage of cell phones continues to increase too. The increase in using cell phones over the last decade has been unbelievable; and the cell phone itself has become a common facilitate for all ages all around the world. When people hear about the cell phone,majority of them usually see the positive sides and its benefits, but ignoring the risks of this small device which isquite serious and somehow dangerous. It has bad effects on health, it is a disturbing tool, because some people talk so loud in the public places which may annoy others and also sometimes it may be the cause that we forget about some works, and etc. So, majority of people who became aware of these disadvantagesin European and American countriesbegan using their cell phones less than before.
Effects of Cell Phones on Teenagers Phones are such as a revolution in this world. Phones become nowadays like an essential thing that nobody can think of completing his life without honing it. Without it, people will get lost. Most of the parents nowadays thinking of bringing a cell phone as a gift for their teenagers birthday. The reason that makes parents doing that they want to let them have fun by chatting, calling and playing video games.