Telephone use in adolescents is already setting off all the alarms, because they are already beginning to present very similar to those of addicted people. Its clear symptoms are aggression, depression, agitation, loss of attention and concentration.
In another of the studies that could be discovered, it was that adolescents who spent excessive time with devices, social networks, computer games, messages, ... presented much lower happiness levels and that is a very worrying fact.
What age is appropriate to use the mobile?
Must have take into account the maturity of the minor . You can use the mobile phone but no data access. It is not the option that you are going to like the most but it is what it is.
It is very important to establish a schedule limitation and responsible use with parental control.
In both children and adolescents, prolonged exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones can interfere with the development of brain structures causing this damage can be even greater during adolescence.
When an addiction problem can be considered:
- Can't detach from your phone. You feel the need to attend to every sound and call, regardless of what you are doing, interrupting your moment. He also sleeps with the phone in bed and that can create problems in the long run.
- You notice that lose interest in everything that is happening around them, because its authentic world is inside the mobile device.
How Adults Can Intervene
You have to try that do not have so much independence from technologiesWell, how we have explained negatively affect their lives. Logically it should not remain more than two hours up to date with them.
Most sleep with their phones and that means that they do not rest the whole night, since the mobile may be interrupting their sleep with sounds or notifications. It is logical that you should make him do without him from the time he goes to bed until he wakes up.
We can also give a clear example how limited the use of these technologies is. As they observe your own behavior, do not try to use it when you are doing family activities: in the middle of conversations, at lunch or dinner hours. You can even propose a day for a few hours where all family members can turn off their phones to share that time together.
You can do a little intervention of the cell phone content if you think that some strange behavior is getting out of your hands, but do not do it obsessively or pretending to invade their privacy.
Another act that we can contribute is encourage them to participate in activities, play sports, and engage in direct social activities. This point is important since, as I said in a previous section, with the use of these devices they could surely present much lower levels of happiness, and these types of activities will increase your happiness and self-esteem.
You have to educate them about the dangers it entails and give them more security. Being a very wide network, they can meet adolescents and minors who are very more vulnerable to all kinds of harassment. They are exposed to inappropriate content, from predators with not very good intentions, and with the famous cyber bullying, ... etc
You have to detail all these points in a subtle way so that they recognize all these dangers:
- They have to create a password security much safer to protect your devices.
- They just have to download official apps and if it can be under the supervision of a responsible adult.
- Have special be careful with shared messages, and more when they are unknown, this is one of the most important problems.
- The power make use of an antivirus it is also a good option.