Would you give your child pornography?!
That is precisely what you are doing when you get your child/teenager a smart phone. Whether or not your child is seeking the pornography; it is there, and it shows up all of the time. Pornography is in advertisements, in things people send them, in stupid videos that they can access even by accident. Don't even pretend like you haven't seen it yourself!
I don’t understand all of these parents saying, “How will I get a hold of my child if they don’t have a phone?” Well; here is my question, How did your parents get a hold of you? They called the school, and then you got a note in class saying, “come to the front office and call your parents,” SIMPLE! Also you can’t tell me that a majority of your child’s friends don’t have phones...they can borrow a phone to call you; or text you.
Let’s be completely honest. Smart phones are a HUGE distraction, here you have endless information at your fingertips, which is often far more interesting than whatever is going on--especially if you are sitting in a lecture at school or supposed to be doing homework. Think about it; when you have down time; what is the first thing that you do; reach for your phone? I am of the opinion that smartphones don’t belong in school, and are a dangerous device that are causing an attitude of apathy amongst our youth today. I heard of a young woman recently that had cracked the screen on her phone, and her mom took it to get it fixed. In the 4 hours that it was at the shop, she missed over 300 text messages. These were school hours! And you wonder why she is failing math?! Well I can tell you one thing--it is NOT the teacher’s fault. In order to read and respond to OVER 300 text messages she would have to be constantly looking at her phone.
I can go on and on about this topic, and the reasons that I think children shouldn’t have smart phones, including the horrible manners, lack of respect, and terrible social skills that young people have today. The lack of creativity and imagination saddens me. I won’t even begin to go into the dangers of social media and young children; but I will ask the question again, would you give your child pornography!?
