For a father, seeing his son’s nose glued to the screens is an increasingly worrying issue. While some have decided to impose a daily limit, others have opted for a more drastic measure. This weekend, parents in Greystones, an Irish seaside town north of Dublin, simply decided to ban smartphone use until the child reaches secondary school, around age 12 or 13.
A ban at school and at home.
In total, the parent associations of the 8 primary schools in the region have proposed this initiative and it is already effective in some, reports the guardian. Restrictions have already been placed to limit the use of smartphones at school, but this time it is about applying a total ban, at home and at school.
Indeed, according to the report prepared by the parents’ associations, the prohibition or restriction of smartphones at school is not enough to stop the harmful effects caused by social networks and the screens themselves. If some families did not join the initiative, a sufficient majority of them made it possible to make a difference. “I hope this becomes the new normal,” said the guardian Rachel Harper, an elementary school principal behind this movement.
Preserve your innocence as long as possible.
Studies that seek to analyze the effects of smartphones on the brain of children are more and more numerous. In the United States, for example, the National Institutes of Health is currently conducting a study in which it has already been established that children who spend more than two hours in front of a screen each day obtain lower scores on tests of reflection and skills. linguistics.
Furthermore, the Irish parents of Greystones share the hope that the ban will prolong childhood by reducing anxiety and limiting exposure to adult content. Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, himself a father of three and living near Greystones, also published a column on May 31 in theirish times which militates for the extension of this plan at the national level.
In France, the deputies also approved a bill from the Horizons group “aimed at establishing a numerical majority” at first reading. It remains to be seen which country will be the first to do so.
Source: BFM TV
