Do you ever asked yourself, Are Our Smartphones Slowly Killing Us?
I’ve been on the fence lately about how often I should let my 2 year old use the phone. It’s a constant struggle between us, and between me and his father too, which doesn’t help. He thinks there’s nothing wrong with giving it to him 24/7 and I only want to give it to him as a last resort. I feel like if I give it to him all the time, I’m being a lazy parent. Does anyone else feel like that?
I’m always trying to find other alternatives to him using the phone, because I believe it’s healthier for him. I made up a little “restaurant activity case” with little toys and things for him to do, but then he just throws it on the floor and asks for the phone, which his dad promptly gives him.
What do you do?
Is it really that damaging when you see every other kid in the restaurant doing the same thing? Am I harming him more by not giving it to him. I would love to hear your thought in the comments below.
This infographic gives us the answer to, “Are Our Smartphones Slowly Killing Us?”
I like how this infographic gives us some solutions to prevent our smartphone from slowly killing us!
I surely do love being on my smartphone and am so thankful for it, but I do my best to be conscious of how often I am on it, especially in front of my son. I usually put it away when I’m in the company of others in order to give them my full attention and, unless I’m expecting something extremely important, which is maybe only 2-3 times per year, I say no to any device being on when we have our meals, unless it’s Skyping (is that a verb?) with family so they can be a part of our family discussions.
Do you have any tips, tricks rules around your smartphone or other devices?
I totally believe my phone is killing me, but at least I will go out informed.
I can understand your problem. I still feel we as a species count on technology too much. It does seem this dependence is setting up younger and younger generations.
Maybe it is but I really don’t care to be honest. I do what I need to do to take care of my health and posture.
Smartphones are not the real issue. It is how it has been used. If used right and used moderately, they can do wonders for the growth process
Maybe yes. But it depends on the person who uses Smartphones, It kills us Yes, but It depends on Us if we are easily defeated by it.
There’s really a limit to everything, especially with technology. Make sure you don’t let your kids use the gadgets too much by planning different activities for him throughout the day. Either that or just give him a time limit, like an hour or two everyday.
I think for children their should be a limit. I think as adults we should have limits as well. It sounds like you have set great boundaries for yourself and your child. Setting time limits are a great way to set those boundaries.
This is a question I ask myself everyday especially since I am now on social media 24/7 because of my blog and I am obsessed with numbers and engagement.
I really love what you did here. I’m planning to print out some of your images. Its an eye opener. Its a huge alarming case for parents seeing this kids getting hook more on video games and getting their self stress out. I’m not yet a parent but I doubt yielding them more time on digital devices.
I’m so glad that i didn’t use Smartphones too much maybe its because i am busy with the kids and don’t have a time for using smartphones for an hour
This made me think of how much I’m really on my smartphone. I think I’ll try to on it a bit less today.
As for my kids the baby loves to see pics taken of her and I no longer have games on there for the big kids. It was annoying to always be asked can I have your phone on a car ride to get it back nearly dead with no charger in sight
Technology in general is going to be the death of us. We are way too dependent on it. Cell phone usage by kids should be limited
Wow, I share the same sentiments as you do. We are convinced that we should limit the time that our son spends on smart phone.
I haven’t consider any of these warnings that’s why is important to have an active life beyond the screen of our phones
I’ll be the one that lives forever because I don’t own a smartphone lol. I use my KindleFire HDX in it’s place, though, to call, text, take photos, videos and everything else. I can’t see anything on a smaller device.
Isn’t it ironic that we say that smart phones are killing us off and yet they have become a means to doing pretty much everything – from banking , ordering food, keeping up to date with the news – oh and reading blog posts like this one. I agree we are all guilt of letting our smart phones take over, but I for one am also grateful for the fact that I can often work on the move without being tied to my laptop because of them! 🙂
Well for me, not using the phone while im driving was one of the hardest thing to do but thanks God i dont do it anymore. In the other hand, i agree with you about avoiding such a small kid use a smartphone. They need to talk and play with others and learn to socialized… just like we need too
I have a love hate relationship with the smart phone. I like that GPS a lot. The rest… meh
I make sure to limit the time of use of gadgets for the kids. It can be very helpful when used in a right way.