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Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Saving Childhood from Smartphones - Epoch Health
Saving Childhood: A New Movement Helps Parents
Protect Young Kids From Smartphones
Hours spent on cell phones deprive children of the fundamental development gained through play and other childhood activities.
Childhood is a time of play—free of work and financial obligations. It’s a time to enjoy the freedoms that disappear with the responsibilities of age.
The years of play are fundamental to each person’s ability to grow into a healthy, capable, functional adult.
Today, smartphones devour the hours of childhood. Fears and facts about the consequences of such behavior have begun to surface for parents, prompting a movement to protect children from the side effects of social media, video games, and unfettered access to an online world.
A Call to Action
In 2018, 65 percent of teenagers surveyed said they wished they had better self-control over their smartphone use and that they spent less time on them. That unwelcome compulsion may now be afflicting younger children. In 2015, only 11 percent of 8-year-olds had received their first smartphone. In 2021, that number leapt to 31 percent, according to data compiled by SellCell.
Parents can see the signs of excessive cell phone use in their children if they know what to look for, Dr. Anthony Anzalone, a clinical psychologist at Stony Brook Medicine in New York state, told The Epoch Times. These include the child being preoccupied with the internet, spending significant time online, and being less attentive to real-world tasks.
“Some children will use it as a way of escaping from problems or relieving negative moods,” he said.
Parents may also notice their children get upset when they have to put down their phones to do homework or spend time with their families.
The consequences can go deeper as online time steals more of their childhood, with research pointing toward significant developmental issues. Now, a parent-led movement called “Wait Until 8th“ is calling on parents to not allow their children online access before they’re in eighth grade.
More than 75,000 people have taken a pledge to not give their children a cell phone before grade eight. Advocates for the pledge say that waiting to provide children with smartphones can relieve social pressures and protect them from the distractions and dangers of uncontrolled internet access.
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