{"id":4071,"date":"2012-03-27T15:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:37","slug":"cell-phones-can-harm-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phones-can-harm-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phones can harm kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/teen-girl-on-phone.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2752\" title=\"teen girl on phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/teen-girl-on-phone.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2752 lazyload\" title=\"teen girl on phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/teen-girl-on-phone.jpg\"><\/a>New and old cell phones that have access to the internet are a serious weapon in the hands of children who have not been properly trained in regard to morals, according to the head of Northern Caribbean University\u2019s Behavioral Science Department, Dr Grace Kelly, who was also once the president of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counselors in Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cIf they are not in an environment where they are trained to manage themselves, then it can be a serious weapon that is put in a child\u2019s hand and parents ought to be careful,\u201d Kelly says.  She adds that while parents can block television and the internet, it can be more difficult to put a block on a cell phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Kelly believes that the maturity level of a child should determine at what age they receive a cell phone.  \u201cThere are some children at age eight, nine, ten, who might be mature enough to appreciate the cell phone for its intended purpose and to use it for that intended purpose,\u201d Kelly notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Kelly also points out that the kind of cell phone that is carried by a child could make them a target for predators. Other things that parents need to take into consideration are the times that their child is allowed to use the phone, and how, although she believes that giving a cell phone to a youngster in their early teen years is a good idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New and old cell phones that have access to the internet are a serious weapon in the hands of children who have not been properly trained in regard to morals, according to the head of Northern Caribbean University\u2019s Behavioral Science Department, Dr Grace Kelly, who was also once the president of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counselors in Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cell 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