kids with cellphone brains part 2

Nowadays we have been surrounding ourselves with all forms of technologies: laptops, iPad, cellphones and other kinds of gadgets and devices. Who uses them? We do. We human beings do. According to Huffington post writer Britney Fitzgerald, 58 percent of U.S smart phones owners check their phones at least every hour. It is because we are so tempted to peek on our phones whenever we   received and message or notification of some sort. The curiosity starts to get to us and we end up being on our phones no matter where or what time It is. That means they would take their phones wherever they go and would always have them at all times. People from the ages of 8 and up will more likely have access to a cellphone. The thing is that children ages 8-12 are considered to be little kids, just young little beings when you think about it. Children don’t really have a need to have a phone in their possession. Although kids might need a cellphone to use for an emergency, it doesn’t mean they need the latest kind of phone either. They shouldn’t be allows to have an advanced kind of phone because it can be a huge distraction for them. If we let children have the latest phone, they would have several problems in their growing development such as lack of communication skills, obesity, and even being inexperienced in life. They are not growing up to be healthy, productive, and independent adults. Cellphone addiction can make children become very dependable on those devices and can make them afraid or even panic and have anxiety if they ever lose it. They would grow up depending on it and may not be able to live without it. This is a concern because this dependency is unhealthy and makes it so children don’t know how to be or act independent from technology.
                Children with the latest phone wouldn’t be so great with communication. Not even with their own parents.  According to psychologytoday writer Jim Taylor Ph.D. “One study found that when the working parent arrived home after work, his or her children were so immersed in technology that the parent was greeted only 30 percent of the time and was totally ignored 50 percent of the time.” That shows the lack of communication they have with their own family. But in the family it is very important to speak with one or anything because if not that is where issues starts to form. In the family, I believe that’s where children would express their selves better. It has to start at home first in order to build character and to be able to use it outside of home like school. According to another huffingtonpost writer Bindley she mentions Melissa Ortega, a child psychologist at New York's Child Mind Institute claiming “They don't know how to handle conflict face to face because so many things happen through some sort of technology. Clinically, I'm seeing it in the office. The high school kids who I do see will be checking their phones constantly. They'll use it as an avoidance strategy. They'll see if they got a text message in the two minutes they were talking to me." So if this is high school students responding this way, how would children be like when they get to this age. Right now they are barely getting taught how to communicate with one and another. If these high school students gotten the chance to learn at an early age when these kind of technology wasn't invented and now are like this now imagine how the future generations going to be like if parents gives them the newest thing their is. 
               Phones can cause children to gain obesity. According to the psychologytoday writer Taylor mentions “The Journal of Public Health published a study on 1803 adolescents aged 12-19 years and found a positive correlation between screen time and likelihood of metabolic syndrome, independent of the amount of physical activity reported.  These children showed higher levels of triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, blood pressure, and larger waist circumference the more hours of screen time per day they reported.” As you can see these adolescents are not getting enough physical activity these days. They spend the day mostly focused to see what the little screen displays for them. If the adolescents are not getting enough physical fitness to their daily routine. Now imagine the little ones. How much physical fitness are they getting. According to NY Times writer Gina Kolata "recommending that children and adolescents get 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.” Kids need at least 60 minutes of exercise a day which would make their body stronger and healthier. Having a screen all up on their faces isn’t much of a work out in my opinion. You may say that having a phone is an important necessity. Like if what if the child need to contact their parents or what about a safety hazard came across their path and need to call someone for help. What about a life and death citation, would the child will need the phone for answers. First of all children don’t need to worry about anything like that. If it comes down to it they should just call 911. If a safety issue or theirs danger around them and need to call someone, again its only three digits away. To have the latest phone is not a necessity for children. A simple old kind of a phone would be good enough for them to use in an emergency for just calling.I know parents would want their children to be safe, but there is other ways to do that. The latest phone for children should be out of the question. It will not benefit them much and affect them negatively. Kids may grow up to be obesity and with health problems in their future. Also, not being able to communicate well with other human beings would be a huge issue for them too. For the kids and for as well their parents. This is a concern because this dependency is unhealthy and makes it so children don’t know how to be or act independent from technology. It could even affect them as a family as well.