Mobile phone, Internet and Youth

Mobile phone and youth: Is mobile phone a necessity or style symbol for youth? Different person will have different opinion on this. But whats the main objective of having a mobile phone? There are lot many task a mobile phone can perform, but do we really use the technology in right way. Many of us would probably disagree with this. Just take an example- People having good digital cameras and still want to go for cell phones with 5 and 8 Mp cams. They don’t even use the cam on the phone (apart from some exceptions) but they want it in there phone.We all agree with the fact that mobile help us keep in touch but the point which arise here is that many people don’t have the etiquette of using it.

If parents say that they give mobile phones to their children for communication then what children do with a 10k phone at this stage. There are so many adverse effect of mobile phone. For example mobile phone addiction plagues chinese youth says that China which has the world’s largest popullation of mobile phone users is now facing a new type of mental disease called ‘mobile phone defieciency syndrome’ especially among the youth. For more details read the article published at timesofindian

Internet and Youth: Internet is a great source for all of us and is useful in many ways like:

1.Its a great source of entertainment (games, music, movies and so on).

2. Great source of knowledge.

3. Get late breaking news.

4. Get to know other parts of world, peoples, customs etc.

5. For buisness and many more.

Apart from these internet can also be a threat to all of us, and to especially our children’s safety and well being. According to a study a youth spends an average 17 hours online weekly- more than they do watching TV. With this much time devoted to internet its safer that parents have some idea and keep track on what their kids are doing. Apart from this one can one can easily get into trouble by sharing their personal information, trusting fake information, doing online shopping and the list is never ending. So what one can do to help kids use internet safely? Here are some of the solution:

1. Set duration for the internet usage.

2. Keep track on the site the child is visiting.

3. Keep the computer in the area where it can be viewed by everyone.

4. Keep watch of the activities whether leagal or not. Make sure the child does not break any law.