WHY Do Kids Use Mobile Phones In Excess?

Well, aren't we all aware and frustrated with the fact that your kids these days use mobile phones for a very long period and slowly are getting detached from their parents. So who to blame? The kids or the parents. Mostly people blame the kid for getting addicted to it but have we ever tried to find out WHY is the kid using it? This is my opinion or perspective on this topic.

A child's mind functions 24x7, it finds one way or the other to keep itself busy or engaged whether it be a 3 month old or a 3 years old. If we talk about toddlers and infants, they spend their time in moving their hands and legs, crying, sleeping, fiddling with new things and a lot of usual stuff. But if they find ways to engage themselves, why do they use phone to do that?

 Apparently, little kids watch educational videos on YouTube, play childish games, etc., and for other times, they feel the need of it.

Now when I used the word “need” here, you all were confused. Need? Need for the mobile phone? Yes, they feel the need. Lately parents have been too engrossed in themselves that to keep their child from disturbing or crying, they hand them over their cell phones.This later on becomes a habit. As I told you, a child needs to keep himself engaged or busy, so whenever they don’t get the attention of their parents, they fall back to the mobile phone. And then when parents understand this, it is too late. This further on becomes a cycle which is repeated,

• Child goes to parent.
• Child feels neglected.
• Takes mobile phone.
• Child neglects parents.
• Parents come to child.
• Scold them for using phone.
• Takes the phone away.

DO NOT HIT!!

But this doesn’t mean the kids should not be introduced to mobile phones. They should be but in such a way which makes them easily understand the use of it. All the parents should analyse that whose fault it is? For me, it is parents fault partially, not in giving their kids phone, but not being able to be the priority in their kid’s life. After all, all children up to 16 or 17 years old are ‘kids’, they can’t manage their family time and personal time. You are their parents, friends and mentors, it is you who should guide them not physically or abusively but mentally and emotionally.

I hereby request all the parents reading this to go up to their kids and ask them “why don’t we play together?” Because the day you become their reason for being busy, you have mastered parenthood.