Safeguard your kid from cellphone's bad effects

I see a lot of students as young as those in elementary are owning smartphones nowadays which really reminds me of how spoiled the younger generation is today.

I didn't have even the most basic cellphone available until college and a laptop until my 2nd year where I actually needed it more than I wanted it.

I remember a documentary back in the 90's about how the computer and the internet would greatly improve the quality of education in the said future but even though it did improve, the quality of studying ethics have not in fact, it severely declined right after 2000.

Sad, really.

Dati tumbang preso, patintero, tagu-taguan, habulan, etc. ang nilalaro ng mga bata..

Ngayon Angry Birds na nilalaro nila..

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hi-tech + bad people = lots of crime.... so beware and always guide your child.

When I was a kid......I never owned any of this cellphones in my life.......All I know I just concentrated myself in school.

I find it sad that there is articles telling HOW to keep kids safe with technology...Why do they even have it? I'm just out of high school, and had I had a cellphone in elementary or even in junior high would have been highly detrimental to me. The only reason I got a cell phone in high school is because I got my license early in grade 10, and my parents wanted me to have one for safety. Since then I have fallen into the grave of technology, and the obsession continues to grow. In high school, I became absolutely obsessed with texting, to the point where I could not carry on a normal conversation with my parents. My parents always made me pay for my own phone, but when this happens they still took it away. I don't blame them, it taught me a lot about how obsessed people get with technology, whether it be the computer, or a cell phone, tablet...etc. I have now gotten to the point where I don't use my phone to text much at all anymore, only to say "I'm Here", or "I'll be at the lobby, come meet me" There is nothing like meeting with someone and talking to them face to face. By giving young people too much of this communication technology, it is hurting their social skills, and in many ways their study skills. During Grade 12, I spent more time texting my girlfriend, than I did studying for finals. Guess what? I didn't do so well on my finals. I am now in my first year of University, and I have increased my marks by up to 20%. This is solely from shutting off the phone and studying using a book, not my laptop that I can just click a button, and be taken to the world wide web. There is also this beautiful thing called the OUTDOORS! It is amazing, take my word for it, and kids need to be out there more, and find things to do other than video games, and Facebook. This comes from one right in the middle of this generation, and I have been hurt by technology and I am beginning to understand the negative effects it has, especially on young people. I agree that technology has made education so much easier, and has made information much more readily available, but most technology gets abused in the wrong ways and it's up to us to do something about it.

Dapat may alam din kasi ang mga magulang sa latest gadgets.
At dapat maituro na sa mga bata ang pagkakaiba ng Wants sa Needs.
Yun nga lang ang downside eh nagiging ignorante yung bata sa mga gadgets, iba pa rin talaga kasi yung may personal kang high end gadget paminsan-minsan. Ignorante nga ako sa ipod eh, pero sa iTouch hindi, pero wala ako prehas nyan.
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Mahirap din magkumpera ng henerasyon in terms of gadgets. Price nung gadget, availability ng gadgets, standard of living, halos lahat nag-iba na.
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Bottom line, informative tong article. Magagamit din balang araw. ^_^

Dapat bawal gumamit ng cellphone ang mga bata habang nasa simbahan. Habang nagpreach ang Pastor o Pari may nagcellphone. Ung iba para hindi makita ng iba tinatago or di kya binubuksan ung biblia tapos dun nagtetext. Hindi ba kawalang respeto yon sa nagsasalita sa harapan especially sa Panginoon..

I think cellphone companies should invent a phone just for the kids with features like communicating only with their parents and having a tracking device.

Nahh, if my child wants a cellphone, i'll give her or him the best smartphone.. c'mon, especially if my child gets honors.. one of my cousins was spoiled before since he never had a grade below 94% since elementary, but look at him now, he's in a medical school, riding a pimped out car.. who cares if the child is spoiled, If you can provide the best to the child give the best. Just make sure your child does well in school, reward him/her with he best things...

My daughter uses a Nokia 5110. Not the latest 5110. The same 5110 I used in Collage 15 years ago! Now that is an incredible phone. She knows it's imported cause it was made in Finland, not China :D

Because of these gadgets, many kids are no longer engaged into physical activities and they tend to just sit down and do nothing, thus affecting their health and even their way of dealing things around. Some kids spend most of their time being with their phones, etc. instead of being with their families.

The ones who can afford high-tech luxuries can surf on the bleeding-edge of technologies where they can spend their cash on trendy, gimmicky gadgets that may or may not become mainstream favorites. Once they become tired of their toys, they can be handed down to their younger siblings, children, or nephews/nieces, and friends. Once everyone in the immediate family has had a chance to own that oh-so-awesome gadget, it's time for the household help to get a chance to play with less-expensive or well-used versions of the doodads. Right now, the iPad and iPhone are the gadgets of choice but it may not be long in the future before surgically implanted electronic "aids" become the rage. Welcome to the flow of high-technolgy from the early adopters to the mainstream users. The rest of us cash-strapped laggards will just have to wait until the oh-so-cool devices become cheap enough to buy with just ten-percent of our take-home pay. I won't get caught spending one-month's pay on such a device only for it to be stolen or to fall into the toilet bowl by accident. But if anybody is interested in giving me a second-hand gadget, thank you very much!

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haaaaaiiikss.. :/ kht sa public vehicle wag mag cp.. mdalas ang snatch ngayon .. :/

we, parents must be responsible in guiding our children. Their future depends on the way we uplift them.

May positive naman sa may celfone ang mga kabataan for example for emergency Use. Anhirap lang nagagamit sa maagang pakikipagrelasyon ng mga kabataan ngayon. Imbes na mag-aral muna puro ligawan na agad mga bata pa. Marami tuloy nagkakabuntisan at mga batang Ama at Ina.

IT'S BETTER TO INSTALL SOME CHIPS FOR GPS - WHEN UR LOOKING FOR UR KIDS OR MISSING.

cge na momonitor mo nga pag gamit ng anak mo ng cellphone, pero paglabas pa lang ng bahay niyo eh hindi na maganda environment. wala rin

THINK THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ADULT... NICE

napakahirap ka competensya ang mga technology ngayon as a parent. Pag wala kang alam about nito, kaw lang ang niloloko ng sarili mong anak. So, as a parent dapat talagang may alam din tyo sa mga present technology ngayon para maka rides tyo sa mga kabataan at ma guide din natin sila sa wastong paggamit nito..