The use of phones is somehow a cause to this generation because of misplacement of priority. Few weeks back while going to the market I saw a sight that made my heart skip in fear, a young lady who almost lost her legs because of operating phone on the high way. Tell me, what on earth is she typing and crossing a busy road at that same time? Can't she she just wait to cross the road before she continues or, stand aside then get it done before she continues her journey. That was a life treating sight indeed.
Returning to the home, one lady told told me of how her husband will hold his handset and just be laughing to himself. Three kids with him who are his and he does have the time for them. He will keep doing this laughing even while eating and that makes it difficult for him to relate with them or even bond with any of them. The little cry any of them does while he is holding them irritates him so he looks for soft ways to hand them over to their mother who is always less busy.
Truth be told, severally I have considered banning the use of phone or watching television in my home especially during meal time. I have three kids and a bigger boy who stays with me. My bigger boy is always carried away while watching child cartons and worst of it is that those cartons are not even of his age. He sticks his eyes to it and can afford to eat for the whole hour while eating his food. My children now are coping same habit which I have kept talking to them about it. There is even better but before it grows worst I have revolved that no watching of any sort while eating. Meal time is a special time that we have to bond with the kids and it just have to be that.
Many people have made it that those in the phone are closer to them than those they are not seeing on a daily basis and this is too bad. Many kids are not getting it morally at all because their parents do not have sufficient time for them, when things blows up now you will get to hear blames been passed to inappropriate quarters. The school is not meant to do the work of the parents at all, infact it should be complimentary than blaming the school for having a child who his moral standing is low parents should learn to blame themselves. When we have the time for our kids rather than always being on the handset we will get to know quickly when some habits are cropping up them trim it immediately.
Personally, it is not in any way an infringement into the rights of anyone. Before those right, family existed. The most reasons we have a weak society is just because the weak moral standing in homes. Even the developed world today have looking a good way to reduce screen time for the kids because they have seen that it is resulting to poor academic performance and lack of distraction in homes. I watched a decomentary on how to regulate screen time for kids, and I say it is not only kids but adults. I myself, I need that disciple on how to regulate screen time. If adults are finding it difficult to manage their screen time I will not be wrong to say it is even more difficult for kids because they most times do not know when things are okay for them until it starts to give them problems.
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