When people propose laws, it can be tricky. Do people support the proposed law? How is the back lash of proposed said law? Is proposed said law going to help people, or is it going to protect people? We never know until we hear or read the facts on why a particular person, politician, or civilian proposed a law in the first place. Dr. Timothy J. Farnum, who has five children of his own, has proposed a law that bans phone companies to sell smartphones to children 13 years old and younger.
Is he right to do that? Or is he just being annoying? I agree with Dr. Farnum because he mentioned he took one of his kid's smartphones away and his son threw a fit and had a violent outburst and that is really shocking because smartphones tend to be lifelines and kids, teens and adults are addicted to them.
So does a kid really need a smartphone? I'm talking about 13 year olds and kids younger than the age. I don't think they do. Yes, they need a phone at that age, but not a phone that is practically a computer. With a child having a smartphone it can lead to problems because of what they may do on their device. They can access the wrong people, or they could become addicted to social media and spend their days in their bedroom instead of outside in the fresh air. Children do not need to be on social media. There is no point because they should be outside playing with friends instead of being cooped up in the middle of picking what they should post on Facebook or Instagram.
A British Paper, The Telegraph, had an article about this too which is titled: Smartphones are hurting our children - but the real culprit is bad parenting. The article talks about how parents need to know the effects of scrolling on their smartphones instead of talking to their children. Not paying attention to your child apparently can have negative effects on their performance in school.
People are more comfortable with texting than talking nowadays, and that is scary because that means there is no interaction with people face to face or voice to voice. We need to change that because it could be that years down the road there will be no more communication.
So I commend you, Dr. Farnum, for taking a stand on the dangers of kids having smartphones and proposing that Colorado bans smartphone use for children 13 years old and younger. We're all entitled to our own thoughts and opinions, yeah? But really it all comes down to the parents and what they decide what is best for their child or children.