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Why We Shouldn T Have Phones In Elementary School

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Did you know that a large percent of kids have their first smartphone in elementary school? Many underage elementary schoolers are owning smartphones. The number of elementary school students owning a smartphone has increased a lot since 2012. When kids don’t have phones they can do much more than sitting, playing games, and searching the internet. Instead, they can play outside with their friends like normal elementary students. Overall, elementary schoolers shouldn’t have smartphones. Social media is one of the main causes of why kids shouldn’t have smartphones. Social media can lead to cyberbullying and people they don’t know contacting them. “17% of teens say that they have been contacted online by someone they didn’t know in a way that made them feel scared or uncomfortable.”. (Kids health, Teaching Kids To Be Smart About Social Media). Kids being contacted by people they don’t know can be extremely dangerous because the person could possibly find them. Cyberbullying, is another reason why kids …show more content…

However, children in elementary school are almost always under adult supervision and are able to contact their parents with another adults smartphone. If a child is taking a bus or doing something by themselves there are different types of phones that a student can have like flip phone or a track phone that doesn’t consist of any social media or games. “Parents generally say they buy their child a phone for safety reasons, because they want to be able to reach the child anytime.” (The New York Times, When to Buy Your Child a Cellphone). Buying a child a smartphone for safety reasons is a great idea, but if you buy your child a phone with only calling capabilities it is a way a child can call their parents and be safe from the dangers of the online world and social

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