How-To stop kids from using a mobile phone?
BY THABITHA DAVID · PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 22, 2020 · UPDATED NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Stop kids from using a mobile phone: We are now living in the 21st century where the usage of mobile phones is essential for the survival of human being. The usage of mobile phones has both pros and cons in certain ways but if we look at the positive use of mobile phones, it is just like a miracle for us.
However, the question to ask ourselves is how is mobile phone harmful for us? Does it affect intellectual functioning? How does a person become an addict to a mobile phone? How much time we should use a mobile phone? And how to stop kids from using a mobile phone.
In this blog, I am going to tell you all facts about the usage of mobile phones.
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Introduction
Nowadays, people of every age are having a mobile phone for different purposes. Some must run their businesses and others must work online.
Some children need to talk to their friends for long hours, while others play games without having any concern about time.
If we talk about the children using mobile phones, statistics show that around 30% of the children of age 9 own a smartphone, and the number rises to 90% at the age of 16 (Mascheroni & Olafsson, 2015).
Another study in the UK shows that 1 in 8 children have mobile at the age of 8 (Aviva, 2017). Anything in excess is a issue. Be it even a seemingly good things like studying or excessive usage of mobile phone. These facts only show that we need to stop kids from using a mobile phone
Frequent use of mobile phones effects your child
Mobile phones may be one of the easiest ways to distract children. However, to motivate you more to want to stop kids from using a mobile phone. You need to know the below several side effects which include the following:
Low academic performance
Most of the children keep their phones at school. Chatting with friends or playing games during the class and in the break time, is increasing rapidly.
As a result, children cannot put attention to the studies and missing out on the lectures that affect their academic performance.
Related read How to help with poor academic performance in your teen
Impaired brain functioning
Smartphones function on electromagnetic waves. The brain also has its electric impulses that communicate through the neural pathways.
In children, these electromagnetic pulses can easily travel through to the different parts of the brain and disturb its normal frequency of waves that may cause impairment in cognition, memory, and concentration.
Long term use of the mobile phone near your face and put your phone under the pillow while sleeping can cause your brain cells to turn in to cancer cells.
This is an important motivation for me to stop kids from using a mobile phone.
Exposure to inappropriate content
Same as other gadgets, the mobile can also be used for wrong purposes. Children could involve in wrong messages, images, or texts that shared across the world using the internet.
Another risk is that they can find their ways to pornography at an early age that is harmful to their development of mind and body.
Mental health problems
Children using social media involved in the contact of bad people who bullied them over the internet. They may feel ashamed and worthless inside that leads to the major psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, and other personality disorders.
Related read How-To SPOT & DEAL with Teenage Anxiety Issues and How-to find out if your teenager is battling depression?
Medical problems
Children are stick to the phone in their free time and do not get involved in any kind of physical activity and stay at home. They do not get fresh air and lack of physical activity leads to many medial health problems like diabetes and hypertension.
Disturb immune system
Have you ever noticed, how much your screen contains germs? Your mobile screen contains more germs than found on the toilet seat. These germs directly attack your immune system and make you sick more often.
Problem with eyesight
No matter how expensive the phone that we use is. There is still radiation that happens through the phone and the blue light is not effectively filtered.
When kids keep watching search bright screens for prolong period, sometimes even without blinking. This not only leads problems like dry eyes but also vision related issues.
You might be interested in reading the article SCREEN ADDICTION IN KIDS — All you need to know with Tips.
Problems with posture
I personally feel that God had not created us to have our heads looking down for long periods of time.
When we keep looking into our mobiles our entire backbone a neck and head posture is incorrect. Leading to pain and issues in these areas.
Sleep disturbance
When you have a mobile in your hands and you stick to it playing games, chatting, watching movies on Netflix, why would you ever want to sleep?It has become more difficult for teenagers to sleep according to the scheduled plan.
When you are addicted to using a mobile phone, it makes you feel fatigued and restless and decreases your need for sleep.
Sleep is so important for our kids to grow heathy and that can be done when you stop kids from using a mobile phone.
Know more about sleep from our article Introducing Sleep For Kids In A New-light (17 Tips)
Impaired your cognitive abilities
Have you ever noticed that you become dependent on the gadgets? You need an assistant with a mobile and internet in every aspect of life.
For example, you must do something and the first thing you do is that you google it on the internet. Our brain works like a machine, if you stop using the specific feature it becomes older, faded, and damage.
So, if you do not use your brain for proper work purposes and relay on the gadgets it will minimize your cognitive abilities.
More prone to accidents
While this may not be applicable to kids. But still, recent researches show that the usage of mobile phones increased the number of accidents every year.
People use mobile phones while driving cars and bikes, it diverts their attention from the road to somewhere else that leads to horrible accidents.
There are numerous campaigns made by government to stop kids from using a mobile phone while driving. And we also need to enforce this for our kid’s safety.
Nomophobia
Have you ever heard the term “nomophobia”? It is defined as the fear of being out or away from your phone. It may lead to cause chronic anxiety and may cause panic attacks as well.
PPVS
It is a syndrome that causes the sensation of vibrations even when there was no vibration of the phone. You might check your phone every minute to see the notifications without any proper reason. It affects your cognition and makes you feel anxious.
Loss of hearing
Listening to the music in loud volume cause impairment in your hearing ability. You may talk on the phone for hours that make you sick and you become an addict of holding your phone near to the ear.
It also leads to skin allergies because your phone contains plenty of germs more than the toilet seat. It leads to cause many illnesses and skin problems that may lead to serious consequences.