Now that the smartphone is for many of us and for you an object of first necessity, do you know at what age to give a cell phone to a child? Because they also want to have one and since they were little.
The massive crash of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp that occurred in early October 2021 was one of the longest in said conglomerate (approximately 8 hours) and showed, among many other things, that our relationship with smartphones is very intense.
If for adults it is difficult to detach ourselves from our cell phones, because for work we have to be glued to them, the cell phone use in children and adolescents It is just as or more problematic, because they do not have the necessary maturity to handle frustration, and that is not counting the danger of cyber bullying, which has even ended in suicides.
At what age should I give a child a cell phone?
One of the things that most worries parents about the Internet and social networks is the safety of your children in the virtual worlda place full of black sheep looking to prey on your innocence.
That is why adults should keep them safe from the dangers of the Internet and the best way to do it is, according to some experts, to delay their access to social networks and chats as much as possible, because the Internet as such will have to be used from an early age. age for academic reasons.
Why shouldn’t children have cell phones?
As he explained in an interview with BBC World Marc Masip, Spanish psychologist expert in rehabilitation to get out of addiction to cell phones, there are more disadvantages than disadvantages in giving a smartphone to a child under 16 years of age.
“If teenagers have a smartphone, it is above all because of social networks. But what do social networks bring you? Likes? That is not a real contribution. The likes are simply a shot of bestial dopamine.
Because, in the end, what does a smartphone give you? That your parents have control in case something happens to you? That can also be done with a normal phone. In fact, if they come to kidnap you, they will hardly let you call your parents.”
Said the expert to the cited medium.
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