Say no to cell-phone for children

Say no to cell-phone for children

The new generation is living life dangerously, though it would be unfair to put the entire blame on them. The parents think they are acting responsibly by getting their children a cell-phone, hardly unaware of the evil that the little tool is capable of
leading the latter into.

While concerned parents buy their children a cell-phone to have access to them at all times, there is someone else who grabs the opportunity to gain this access. This someone refers to the child’s girlfriend or boyfriend. It is extremely convenient to close
on eyes to the fact that their child is all grown up and the influence of Hollywood and Bollywood films has already convinced him to embark on a journey to find love and companionship.

Before the advent of an age where possession of a cell-phone by every person became a norm, it was not easy to start or maintain a relationship. Communication between the two people was different and there was a risk involved. Cell=phones has made it so
simple for two people to hold conversations for hours through customer-friendly call and text packages. It seems as if the cell-phone companies have realized that their biggest market is the young generation who are desperate to talk to the opposite gender.
The packages are set for night, allowing these people to indulge in night-long talks while everyone else is asleep in the house.

Long conversations lead to serious commitments, which in turn lead to huge expectations. Not only do all these things start affecting the life of these cell-phone users. Majority of these effects are negative, turning people away from their real social life
and making them a cell-phone addict.

Parents stay in the dark this whole time and do not even bother to inquire who their child is talking to. Their son may be talking to some Ayesha the entire night, making promises and showing dreams to the a girl on the other end of the call. In other cases,
the two may be sharing their personal life with each other, making themselves extremely vulnerable.

How many parents know that their children are sharing dirty text messages via cell-phone? After a small survey was conducted, it was revealed that less than 1% parents knew with surety what their child does on exchanges on the cell=phone. They are careful
not to invade their trustworthy child’s privacy.

The best option to save one’s child from going astray, parents should think carefully and thoroughly before entrusting their child with a cell-phone. Further precautions must be taken to ensure that their child does not fall prey to the many temptations
of a cell-phone, like talking to a member of the opposite gender just for the sake of getting a feeling of being in a relationship. The way parents have an option to utilize parental control in television and on internet to define boundaries and keep their
child in check, the same way parents need to monitor the activity of their child on a cell-phone. The connection of their child’s cell-phone should be post-paid, with strict instructions to the company to serve the billing detail to nobody but the parents.
This would compel children to maintain their discipline even with a cell-phone in their pocket or handbag.

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Posted by Muhammad Qasim Hassan on Nov 19 2011. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry