Nearly one in 10 schoolchildren use the first mobile phone by the time they are two, a study suggests. On average, children are given a handset at the age of 11 but nearly one in 10 uses a phone at less than half this age. Many parents have reported that their children(aged 11-14) are obsessed with their smartphone. The mobile phone has to be beside these children at all times, day and night, in case a call or text message comes in. One of the negative effects may be that a child’s self-worth may depend on the number of phone calls and text messages they receive.
Here is a hilarious video portraying what happens when this turns around, that is, when parents get addicted to cell phones as much as we do: