back when i was a kid! 5

I walk around today and see all these young kids around the ages of 7 and sometimes even at the age of 5 with a cell phone. To me this is ridiculous that children this young have cell phones. The first thought that goes thru my mind is what do they use it for? They don't have anyone that they can text. since they probably don't even know how to read, there is no point for them to text. The same as calling, a 5 year old is not going to call someone on the phone and talk for hours. They don't have the attention span to do that. The only reason a child this age would want a cell phone is so they could play games. Well then get a Gameboy like I had back when i was kid.

Not only did i only have a Gameboy but i also wasn't allowed to bring it out of the house, to school. There was a separation between play time and school time. I feel that kids these day don't have this separation and that is resulting in them not being able to pay attention during class because their attention is else where, their phone.

You can walk around today and see a group of kids hanging out and every single one of them is on their phone. Children don't know how to hang out anymore or socialize in person because they have become so reliant on having a phone to keep them entertained. Kids these days don't even know how to play by themselves or entertain themselves without the access to the internet. shameful this world is becoming.

To show that this has become such a relevant  issue in the world today i looked up some articles that people have written about on the subject. I found this link --> http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/03/13/teens-and-technology-2013/. which brought me to an article with some stats on it. The one stat that stood out to me most was that 74% of teens ages 12-17 say that they access the internet via a cell phone. Not only are students and teens at young ages using cell phones but they have cell phones with internet access. My question is why do they need internet access on the go at such a young age? They don't have a job that they must make sure to be available for, they don't have professors they must keep in touch with via e-mail.

The way the world is now with all of the internet access and using the phone to communicate is going to take away from the ability to have face to face interaction. The sad truth is that although the internet has major advantages that the young kids are making all of the positives into negatives.