Children should not be allowed to own cellular devices nor take them to school because it can negatively impact their mental and physical growth and development.
Children’s physical development could be negatively impacted by the excessive use of smartphones. Generally, children are unable to set boundaries for themselves nor able to determine when to put the phone down in order to get the appropriate hours of sleep required for a healthy development which could make the child sleep-deprived. Lack of sleep is a serious factor that could affect school-age children in their development. A child who spends hours glued to their smartphones are more likely to be sleep-deprived. In today society, parents generally are too absorbed by the tasks of trying to provide for their family and fail to monitor and control the time spent in front of a screen. In addition, children often sneaking gadgets into their bedroom and use them at night without the parents’ knowledge or consent. Furthermore, although this issue could be easily corrected by collecting …show more content…
Generally, children get entertain and excessively distracted by the uncontrolled use of social media. This uncontrolled use could easily lead to lose track of time and, therefore, forgetting to do their homework, study for an exam, or even prepare for the next school day. In addition, Children take their phones to school and do not pay proper attention to their teachers. Eventually, this behavior will lead to failing exams, missing in-class assignments, and failure to turn-in homework assignments. Therefore, the uncontrolled use of smartphones by children of school age could have a detrimental impact to the child’s mental health and prevent their educational