<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:57:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hl-w167e1/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Should there be an age limit?]]></title><description><![CDATA[image I grew up with a common saying i.e. “ Mobile phone us sucha wastage of time and kids must stay away from it” on the lips of people elder than me. For them it was just a source of fun and entertainment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ukrajpoot/shod-there-be-an-age</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ukrajpoot/shod-there-be-an-age</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ukrajpoot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 02:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11i61fm24frqQTgJTfBgW8XiRSKeCS5PURVcgn9oifYL7MWBfih92g5v6mLKADTXh6njMvT1GCqsZR8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Parents Decide]]></title><description><![CDATA[These days, times are different. When I was a kid, there were no smartphones in our locale. The only thing with the semblance of a phone back then was the annoyingly noisy land phone; its only function]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mckane/the-parents-decide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mckane/the-parents-decide</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mckane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 01:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu41orizPAUzBwpi44E1T2WyqLwDu9oC7tahE2BoCewwLGt6rggYQAtzEpDmYHXENvkRM5MWoYSwAnCWYCwowvNos7dCT5b3CeXQKygAdhJmunoa1Ws4TTnAsXRXCZtvuMZ11swjDFzVHBp2PbH8as2E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Importance of Parental Guidance in Smartphone Usage]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember my first phone, that was many years ago when I was just about 10 years old. It was a small phone without internet. My mum had gotten it for me for ease of communication. Calls, text messages,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@graat/importance-of-parental-guidance-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@graat/importance-of-parental-guidance-in</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[graat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 23:49:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfcwjQyCf7hW7B3SWHv6otXvoMeaHTYPQ5BuojKG5pSQEFSjupkKi7xoQeNWBSRyduEEZbHmVpVMvvEyFqqbJnddS1qirCSFuBRBFzArkXx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children Should be Given Mobile Phones only After School Life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Hivelearners friends. Today's topic is interesting and it is a fact that we are seeing that children are just starting to become a little more sensible and they are just starting to know about mobile]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@djbravo/children-should-be-given-mobile</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@djbravo/children-should-be-given-mobile</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[djbravo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 23:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPakzgncLgnonBpRauPEjcNSXtjDBErKF7aiJpK7mvPYmijXV3utG6gFvMyQKVbPyhQudbBEeCZVL955WEGbrUskE8dAyAyRK4ky6Q2xp2KSHeyFPnNmZA5KQB2QRfBY28Nyo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids and Cell Phones: When is It Too Early to Start Using Them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are in the greatest technological era in our entire history. I believe that my generation was the last, we can say, that grew up without so many devices or even technological creations in the early]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@coyotelation/kids-and-cell-phones-when-is-it-too-early-to-start-using-them-auv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@coyotelation/kids-and-cell-phones-when-is-it-too-early-to-start-using-them-auv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coyotelation]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 22:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPyoaFDhzPqAkUJRUv5VitYBUWiDzjhZMmFQ6MhewDarPaLGeDLcMwhm65qK6RmREDYhphe2kogVX56Smv2kp92nT833UcbHFgunYYbt68UXRv3Z8enNLSS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When knowledgeable Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[These phone accessories given to children are one thing some would say has really led to people involving themselves in bad behaviors or the other, while on the other hand, it is still possible to show]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sommylove/when-knowledgeable-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sommylove/when-knowledgeable-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sommylove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 21:20:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqAPrKHdeMTi9Fju5cUMU4SLHQ2s5r1geiwKpLcYWhU9UkcBacJQH7yHynrwMDTdoiTSQac4YEpSUo3gezQz2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's More About Educating Them About Phones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good evening everyone. This time the topic of the contest is what age kids should have access to smartphones and I believe that is a very important question that we need to very carefully answer in this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@abrar-fahim/its-more-about-educating-them-about-phones</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@abrar-fahim/its-more-about-educating-them-about-phones</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abrar-fahim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 21:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5yVNUe94NxGjePkQzvGXN8NdQxxmMeuz9uXobA5ng5FjFVHibR4rHSZ3EdMQrgNhQcPnrEWSZqwNjYtpokA8Kmn4TrsFgxvWy1zo4sXRN2iFUoVDQsxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loading... Maturity Not Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you had asked me this question ten years ago, I would have passionately argued for it and would have insisted for every child to be given smartphones as early as they were entering Junior Secondary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sperosamuel15/loading-maturity-not-found-h9j</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sperosamuel15/loading-maturity-not-found-h9j</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sperosamuel15]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 20:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuhPCSu7sadfR9QhHerH9tQWMi3WsBSijB3SScYmJiyGuuQArp5EhUWhTCNvuUvc1s8JM7GAXoBsNn2Kn8kaTDZtd2ywNZEmduzixHXZhvjuD9ySwvJLnpp6PG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXPOSING KIDS TO SMARTPHONES & SOCIAL MEDIA ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I owned a phone really early in my life. I think it was in high school that I got my first smartphone. But even before then, I was already registered to a social media platform and owned an account. It]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/exposing-kids-to-smartphones-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/exposing-kids-to-smartphones-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpaDC1gb4KbsiH6C8d94bjj3v7uabpRpLmyPxWYafvydSNyhXi2hacoCsNMXbRDRmLQo7d4gbsHxDGCqxGjFA6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Screen Time Sabotage: How Smartphones Are Derailing Our Kids Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[image using Ai. there's certain things that needs to be taken more seriously like kids nowadays are way too involved with the mobile phones, PC and tablet and browsing all day long on the internet Parents]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@idksamad78699/screen-time-sabotage-how-smartphones-are-derailing-our-kids-futures-5wv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@idksamad78699/screen-time-sabotage-how-smartphones-are-derailing-our-kids-futures-5wv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[idksamad78699]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4Pvz7LJVgc1Y8Dr68VKxqQHhW8CiK4B75FRPTDtMgXr57hpsMPuWUPvoaQrEqndFzkUaC7SWBdpC3Mj8pM8cocxRTc6etJTFouKLs37CHk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Smart Do We Need Our Kids To Become?]]></title><description><![CDATA[# Hello friends of hive 🥰💕 source Looking back in the days of millennium and years of our forefathers, we could see how communication was very difficult due to how phones 📱 in general was not in existence.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sunshine29/how-smart-do-we-need-our-kids-to-become</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sunshine29/how-smart-do-we-need-our-kids-to-become</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sunshine29]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:36:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCBfRQP1c6GPX2VRDwHvi5d7vYao6UELyKyUbQ6P14z7LQqTsRcU3csQfypyQrCvM45nsLfw9GYNZricuYgP6S65mujhMsbYtezDQFuZoJmptCskzh5FqG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids and smart phones;  when is too young?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image created with meta AI Well, I thought I was having serious concerns when I see matured people who are addicted to their phones scrolling away all day. What would I say when I visited by elder brothers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@babygirl888/kids-and-smart-phones-when-is-too-young-637</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@babygirl888/kids-and-smart-phones-when-is-too-young-637</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[babygirl888]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JNjSU3Frvf7Drq4NwrGdEQPqZvEswPjDgNTQ6Ch65oqpbwzXudovD6AH9dRy48PYVhLToftZJBpzw9oPuztPFNq4ccT7m7qeekQmAQngZNbXKFdg5MJYr8rfiNDN9ckDTArGkgiS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unwritten Rules That Should Be Written / Reglas no escritas que deberían estarlo]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started studying for my technical high school diploma in Business Administration, I had a rather demanding Cabinet professor in my first year. He always reminded us of one of the fundamental principles]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ladyaryastark/unwritten-rules-that-should-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ladyaryastark/unwritten-rules-that-should-be</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ladyaryastark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:48:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYWUoo1sAiV6GNzi6xcqDSieMJkpnqW29vvp3khYqFyAZ1RPgR7a733iK2XL5zUqU3EELprDAPhxHrqbAbQuiMqV8ZsbjCpnzg4qNstgBVjAJFju?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids aren't ready to access smartphones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banner created in MS designer   A topic that always appears when we meet other parents is concerning cell phones and social media for our kids. Lately we have been having busy weekends with kids party.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@gwajnberg/kids-aren-t-ready-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@gwajnberg/kids-aren-t-ready-to</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwajnberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:38:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Hii7wtHmHHkAexUK9AR3GhfYboUJtZRFHamrNRoAd29MCvCJktzJdJJhZNvMxN1Z7YhnjG4sPt1QE3xizN9Bn1LtfzxjGPfwfSxMqBMSGgPAXoXoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Effects Of Early Smart Phone Use On Child Development ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some parents don't care; they think because we are now in the world of technology, they can just give their children phones to use at any age. Even those that get tablets for their kids to learn and watch]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@moremoney28/the-effects-of-early-smart-phone-use-on-child-development--6cg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@moremoney28/the-effects-of-early-smart-phone-use-on-child-development--6cg</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[moremoney28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VtzMXWeUqB6ZEturykUZRt5nwBQohstVNSUfWQyrHoM4bktLy8kHBoBPUdtueDttj21dWdZvguCAXWU6kznsK14bF3SJ9f84ecWEFx563xhZp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfect age to own a smartphone! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holding an android Owning a mobile phone at a very tender age could have both advantage as well as disadvantages. 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Is this a plan that can work? Please share]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@waliphoto/limits-of-our-children-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@waliphoto/limits-of-our-children-to</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[waliphoto]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpaHmeqEYX2Z5AQ5VaLSmqh8SwB4vZQXcuGjFKcA9afGTKbyLXWqKHRENcsQTk8LdvMfSNLxQ1YYJztohwmV6N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mobile Phones ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My family never allowed me to use smartphones until i stepped into university for higher education. My parents think that using mobile at an early age exploits the kids. They are simply right. I also think]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@tahastories1/mobile-phones--5by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@tahastories1/mobile-phones--5by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tahastories1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqwaxFiQJc6aK9SMu1mUcMbXFiNnkB8nRN76EBpTc2yBcHTRfyAK1w3SBRCqMd492LGzPbp9psA66LWhzFkwEe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Initiating children into the digital world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings everyone! One thing I have come to understand in raising children is that there is actually no manual or pattern to follow because homes, people, parents, lifestyles, cultures, and environments]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@kingsleyy/initiating-children-into-the-digital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@kingsleyy/initiating-children-into-the-digital</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kingsleyy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 17:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLLWz5WSvuTgtMDrvtRqAfkpeoFAw5Qj5TGpwh7p8QRvVhtqNtveYiL6wEDXjPPPavvg2BATB6cHkKfKeE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising responsible digital citizens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should there be a certain age a kid should have a smartphone? 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