Until there are some parents who proudly show and proclaim that their children are already using and carrying the latest generation of Android phones to and fro. Actually how big is the benefit of HP for children at this age? Has there been any research on this?
But at least the following notes can be a reference for us to answer whether it is true that cellphones provide great benefits for our children or even vice versa.
Mobile phones were created by Martin Copper an employee of Motorola on April 3, 1973 which was originally created to facilitate communication with other people. But now cellphones are used not only for communication tools but also for searching for information via the internet, playing games, listening to music, watching movies and so on. There are so many functions of cellphones that make teenagers addicted to cellphones so that it affects their lives. Of course we all know that everything has a positive or negative impact as well as cellphones. From the background above, the formulation of the problem is How is the influence of cellphones on the lives of teenagers.
The positive impact of cellphones on the lives of teenagers, among others: to communicate with friends and family, seek information from various parts of the world, add insight, add friends because there is social media that makes it possible to make friends with various people in the world, as a calculating tool to replace a calculator if you don't have one. calculator, take pictures or photos for study material and for entertainment such as listening to music, watching movies and playing games.
In addition to having a positive impact, cellphones also have negative impacts on teenagers, including: disrupting learning concentration because they always think about cellphones so they don't focus when studying at school or studying at home, reducing direct interaction with friends, family because cellphones bring those who are far away and keep those who are close, reduce pocket money because the cost to buy credit or quota is quite expensive, making teenagers lazy to do physical activities such as exercising or doing housework such as washing clothes, washing dishes, and sweeping because if they have played cellphones, teenagers will be cool on their own and lazy to do other activities besides playing cell phones and form the nature of hedonism in adolescents.
In addition, cellphones are also dangerous for teenagers' health because they can damage the eyes such as dry eyes to myopia or nearsightedness, damage the spine due to lack of movement and sitting more, interfere with adolescent development, hearing loss caused by headsets, sleep disturbances due to staying up late to play games. and cancer caused by cell phone radiation. In addition to causing cancer, cell phone radiation can also cause headaches, brain damage, reduce male fertility, interfere with the fetus in pregnant women, and others.
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