news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

it home reported on september 26 that the british bbc news published a blog post yesterday (september 25), reporting that the town of hitchin in england, uk, is promoting a new initiative, and most parents have signed a letter of commitment.commit to not giving your child a smartphone until the end of 9th grade (when your child turns 14).

it home quoted sources as reporting that parent daisy greenwell created a "smartphone free childhood" chat group on whatsapp, hoping to delay the time children use smartphones.

another parent in the group, richard bowdler, advised tony plunkett, headmaster of william ransom primary school, who then supported the parents' decision and united 25 primary schools in the town to ask parents not to let students wear smartphones.

one of the key challenges is that if their friends are all chatting on apps and arranging get-togethers on social media, then their children run the risk of being isolated, and this initiative aims to eliminate this problem.

image source: pexels

"we don't want kids to be alienated, so you can't avoid giving them access to phones," plunkett said. "hopefully what we're doing is trying to build a community wherethere are more children without mobile phones than with them.。”