Saturday 11 June 2011

Mobile Phones and Kids

In this electronic era, the children are the most exposed ones to the hazards of electronic devices. Several studies indicated that the human beings are vulnerable to the bad effects of usage of electronic gadgets. Since children are more vulnerable, it is important to see that we shall take care of them from falling prey to these hazards.

Children unknowingly fall prey to these hazards as they did not realise and care about the problems. Their joy in using these gadgets over powers the fear of bad effects and children become victims of the electronic gadgets. It is not easy to convince the children in this regard and live examples are needed to explain the problems.

Several studies categorically stated that the mobile phones' radiation would cause danger to the health. Though most of the children did not posses mobile phones, they use the phones of parents and fall prey to its radiation. Usually children speak for a long time with their relatives and friends and become victims.

Parents shall check this and warn children about bad effects of using the mobile phones. It is advisable not to give mobile phone to the children whenever they demand. They shall be allowed to speak on the mobile only when the situation warrants. Rather than placing the mobile phone close to the ear, the children shall be asked to use head phones.

Head phones will keep  the children at a distance from the mobile phone and thus protects them from the hazards of these gadgets. Children shall be advised to use land lines than mobile phones for their communication needs. However, they can be allowed to send messages and ring tones. Keeping the phone near to the ear cause heat at the end of the ear and this will damage the sensitive parts of it.

Since mobile phones contain lot of applications than a land line, they attract the children more. Kids play  games, listen music, see videos and do some other activities. This leads to spend of lot of time with the mobile phones by children. This causes wastage of time and also causes loss of concentration on other things.

As now mobile phones could transmit, store and present videos, there is a danger of reception of porn videos. This will disturb the kids attention and raises lot off questions in their mind. This will expose them to the attraction toward opposite sex and they may try do some sexual experiments.

Already internet is causing lot of problem with porn material and now mobile phones has made it much easier to get such material. It shall be advisable to the parents to check their mobile phones for unwanted images and videos.

Parents must keep mobile phones in safe places where children could not find easily. It shall be better to lock the phones with security code so that children can not open the phone easily.

Usually children in the age group of 4 to 10 years will have knowledge about the mobile phones and parents of those age group of children shall take necessary precautions. Parents shall  not buy mobile phones for kids till they attain  the age of eighteen years.

Teachers at school shall observe whether any kid is carrying mobile phones with them. If any student brings it he or she shall be warned against. At the same time, they shall also tell the kids the hazards of using mobile phone frequently.

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