Children under 10 should not have their own mobile phone
The smartphones they are part of our daily life and, as such, they are objects of desire for children. A common question among parents is at what age children can have their own phone. When asking this same question to the parents of the United Kingdom, the immense majority has opined that 10 year olds should not have a Smartphone, so it seems that the fringe between the possession or not of this object is located here.
The survey, carried out by Internet Matters, a non-profit organization dedicated to Internet security, has found that 85 percent of parents of children in primary school want a mandatory age before which children can not have their own telephone.
A request in relation to the times that are lived today, in which it seems that children can not pass without this kind of devices that, despite its many advantages, contain many dangers. In fact, in the British country 65 percent of children between eight and eleven years old have their own Smartphone.
Children and smartphones
With these figures, they show that there are even cities in the United Kingdom where 90 percent of small They have a Smartphone, finding a middle age becomes necessary for British parents.
On the other hand, "with such a large number of children having their own Smartphones and accepting 10 years as the age to have one, parents need to be more aware than ever of what their children do online"alerts the general director of Intenet Matters.
It is for this reason that this organization carried out its survey and, once alerted to parents, has launched an online guide (available in English) where parents can remember those Safety precautions what to keep with the devices that connect to the Internet.
"We urge parents to be sure they have had a conversation with your children about how to be responsible with their mobile phones", insists the director of the organization, which reiterates the need for parents to ensure that the technological devices used by their children have the security configuration needed.
Online security
Internet has many benefits, and in fact there are many applications that can be useful for the day to day of the family, but the dangers of the data and information that are shared are real, as experts around the world insist and remember daily.
The guide prepared by this organization contains essential information on how to establish privacy in well-known applications for young people like Instagram, WhatsApp and Snapchat, as well as stories for young people to reflect on the danger of Sexting or cyberbullying, two of the most common forms of violence that occur through social networks.
Among the basic rules that we must ensure that are known by our children include:
-Do not share personal information as mobile or email
-Just talk with real friends and family
-They know that the people we know on the Internet they may not be what they appear
-Not to offend to others, even with the intention of joking
-Use safe and legal places to download music and videogames
-Make sure to check that virus will not be downloaded when they want to download an Internet file
Angela R. Bonachera
