Excessive use of Mobile phones and
Its impacts on Children
Gone are the days,when children after
school used to play, sleep and complete
their home work.They had a lot of leisure
time for family members and other healthy activities.
In today’s digital age, mobile phones have
silently entered children’s lives and slowly
taken control of their time, habits, and
attention. What begins as a source of
entertainment or learning often turns into
addiction. Parents are helpless and of
course they have concerns regarding this
issue.Excessive mobile phone use is no
longer a minor concern—it has become a
serious threat to children’s physical health,
mental stability, and academic growth.no
doubt, children can learn alot through this
device ,If left unchecked, this digital
dependence can shape an unhealthy future
generation, a generation without aim and
zeal in life.
Teachers ,parents and school management
all have the same issue that now-a- days
students are inactive and their
performance in the class is unsatisfactory.
Parents claim that school management is
careless; School management claims
parents are not co- operative. They heir
tutors to tackle the issue but no plausible
result is found .
At last the weakness is found..... that
children are involved in excessive use of
cell phone which has affected child's whole
life style.
Excessive use of mobile phones,including
Social media and gaming apps, can lead to
Screen addiction which has series of
negative impacts on children.
1. Demage of eyesight
Children’s eyes are not designed for long
screen exposure. Continuous use causes eye
strain, dryness, headaches, and blurred
vision. According to the researchers,Blue
light emitted from screens weakens eyesight
and increases the risk of early vision
problems, forcing children to rely on glasses
at a young age.
2. Disturbed sleep and fatigue
Late-night screen usage disrupts natural
sleep cycles. Mobile screens suppress
Melatonin, making it difficult for children to
fall asleep. Poor sleep results in tiredness,
irritability, weak memory, and lack of
concentration throughout the day. This also
affects the academic performance.
3. Disturbs Social life and social norms
When screens replace conversations,
learning suffers. It creates many other
issues .Children who consume alot of time
to phones,they miss many important
opportunities to develop speaking skills,
thinking ability, and emotional
understanding. They are deprived of social
norms and values Specially those girls who
uses alot mobile phones , can not learn
ethics and good norms which may be
helpful in their up coming life.
Excessive screen time weakens imagination
and lessens memory power.those students
Who spend much time on screen loss their
memory and can not recollect properly.
4. Addiction and less attention power
Mobile phones are designed to trap
attention. Endless videos, games, and other
apps like TikTok create addictive behavior
. As a result, children lose patience, struggle
to focus on studies, and find it difficult to
engage in activities that require effort or
discipline.what ever they watch or see they
imitate , resulting they do wrong
comparison and become psycho.as the
screen is something else whereas real life
and ground realities differ.
5. Physical activities and Health Risks
Spending hours on a phone encourages an
aim less life style. This lack of movement
leads to obesity, poor stamina, weak
immunity, and posture-related problems
such as neck and back ache . A screen-
addicted child debar of joys of plays and
physical strength.He/she can not interact
other children and becomes negative
thinker.
6. Emotional and mental health issues
Excessive phone use is strongly linked to a
depression, stress and low self-confidence.
Some times social media pressure causes
serious issues among the teen agers. Black
mailing through Social media and
unrealistic comparisons damage a child’s
emotional balance and self-worth.in some
cases the affecties have gone to commiting
suicide.
7. Exposure to digital danger and harm
It has been observed that unsupervised
mobile usage exposes children to harmful
content, online predators, and privacy
threats . Children often lack the maturity to
identify danger, making them vulnerable in
the digital world.may be in the begining
they think of a little joy or some thing
new.but it becomes a slow poisoned case
,which in future may lead to a serious issue
for the parents and the children too.
8. Loss of social skill
Mobile addiction isolates children from real human interaction. Viz-a- viz communication, emotional bonding, and those who use mobile phone a lot it weakens their social confidence . Even many times parents urge them to be connected with family members who pay visit at them .when Virtual connections replace genuine relationships this causes children emotionally disconnected and they become victim of isolation and it may cause
Stress,loneliness and other social issues .
9. Low academic performance
As we mentioned in the Starting that Mobile phones distract children from studies, students can not do deep learning because. They spend a little time for their studies As a result, memory, focus, and critical thinking decline, leading to poor academic results and reduced intellectual growth.
10. Mobile phones kills creativity
To some extent it has been proven that excessive use of mobile phone kills children's natural guts and creativity. In the old days children were creative and they used to read novels,fairy tales and science fictions which could boot their imaginary power and they used to creat a story,fiction and may creat something unique.but now
Children are passive in these healthy creations , some of them may earn on line but the majority only wastes precious time.
Conclusion
Mobile phones are powerful tools and have become an integral part of our life, if parents do not have Mobile sets at home ,children may not have used it.but it has some merits and demerits . in the hands of children, without limits, they become harmful masters. If used positively it has many advantages .Now it up to us how to make it use for the best interest of our nears and dears .
A childhood that is Infront of mobile screen all the day, producing a generation that is debar of social life, peevish and emotionally detached. They can not enjoy real life .The responsibility lies with parents and caregivers to guide children toward balance, discipline, and real-life experiences. Technology should support and make road paved ;not detracted children .otherwise,selfish,ignored and a generation
with no sentiments could be seen
everywhere .
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