So this topic from Hive learners this week is one that I find interesting, and somehow I am eager to read opinions of other people on this. Because currently the world is filled with differnt kinds of parents and what they actually think, just today i was on a tiktok page of a 10 and 12 year girls, and i see from the look of the content they have in the account that their mom knows that they have the account and she very much shows in most of their videos.
So now in my opinion, i think that kids should not be allowed to have smart phones or own a social media account until they are about 14-15 years old, i think like this because i believe that below that age they are still very much younger and that having a smartphone and owning social media accounts can expose them to risks that they are not even ready for, because if you ask me i will tell you that they are still growing both emotionally and mentally.
You see there are quite a lot of issues with children who are exposed to smart phones and socail media so early in life, there are some issues like, this kids not knowing how to keep their privacy online, more like they will share personal informations which are not even supposed to be shared to public, they will do that and it could be dangerous.
Another reason why its will not be okay for children below this age to be on social media is that it can lead to them having anxiety at an early age, you know what anxiety does to an adult talk more of kids when they see all these socail media life people are living and they feel pressured and this might even result to cyber bully when they come in contact with kids their own age that their parents are doing well, you see that is where cyber crime will infact start because they also want to live good life, it can even kill their self esteem as individuals.
Also, thses kids will be so much exposed to inappropriate contents, things that they are not supposed to see or know about in that their age s wht they will be exposed to and this is aready hrting the whole innocence of being a child, i dont think i want my kids to be seeing things that they are not supposed to see at their age, whenever i am on social media, if my kids are besides me, i move away from them, so that they dont watch what i am watching because it really does destroys their innocent minds. So I dont think it's okay to have them having smartphones and social media accounts.
Now one major thing that even we adults cannot leave is the addiction that comes with the whole smart phone thing, imagine yourself an adult, you see how difficult it is for you to leave your phone, talk more of children, we already know what it does to us, now in children suiation, they will find it difficult to pay attention in class, as in their attention span will not be okay, and when that happens, their school work will be affected, they wont perform well in class, and even their brains would just be evolving around the whole smartphone thing.
Well, even though i am not in support of it, if at all child should have one, thye should start with those button phones as it is called here, those ones that are used for receiving calls and texting, and then when they are old enough then smart phones can be introduced to them with strict rules and proper guides, i think some smart phone developers now put parentel guide on phones and i think that is okay if at all it would be like that. Yeah, so this is my view on this topic.
