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FLORIDA: As soon as smart phones penetrate in our lives, all of us get dependent on it. From kids to oldies, everyone stays connected to the online world. Innumerable studies have earlier reported negative impacts of using technology excessively but a latest research from Florida State University has claimed that extreme Smartphone penetration looms over children.
According to the details, those kids, who stick to their smart phones, are more prone to become socially isolated and depressed. Moreover, they are highly likely to mount suicidal thoughts, which lead them to commit suicide sooner or later.
Technological advancement has changed the lifestyles of its savvy particularly young kids and teens. Before the invention of smart phones and tabs, kids used to spend more time with books and playing outdoors.
However, now they tend to adhere to those colorful screens, resulting into mounting obesity. Also, it affects their academics performances non-constructively. Then technological encroachment has given the rise to the occurrences of cyber bullying among teens.
As per the estimates, approx 92 percent teens have a cellphone currently. Also, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that the ratio of suicide and acute depression soared up to more than 30 percent among teens in between the ages of 13 to 18 years from 2010 to 2015.
It has further been learnt that more girls (around 60 percent) are more prone to get affected by the screen time, which is considered a 24/7 phenomenon.
The ramifications of the study demonstrated intense associations between suicidal thinking and cellphone use, particularly those, who use electronic devices for over five hours a day, have been reported with having at least one suicidal thought per day.
It has further been reported that those kids, who spend more time with new media, are more likely to go through mental health concerns. Whereas, those, who tend to indulge in sports and exercise, doing homework, reading books and attending religious services, are highly unlikely to escalate mental health troubles.
Sources privy to Newspakistan.tv have been reported that France is likely to proscribe cellphones from lower and middle schools. As a matter of fact, this approach should be adopted by every other country in order to limit smart phones use.
It is pertinent to mention here that home is the first school and school is the second home. Therefore, parents and teachers should educate the kids apropos the right use of such technology and the potential advantages and disadvantages of smart phones and tabs.
