Kids Should Be Banned From Screen

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Giving kids a smartphone or a tablet so they could stay out of trouble, harmless right? Well maybe it might be more deadly than parents have imagine. Smartphones and tablets may seem to be something that kids can enjoy themself for a several of hours and leave parents a little time to do their work or just simply relax. But have parents ever think about what their kids have been doing on the internet? Exactly, parent may be able to check on their kids once in a while but no one is going to be there everytime they use their smartphones or tablets. That is why parent shouldn’t let their kids use technology that they can’t control. Most kids should be banned from screen because screen can make them addicted, have health issues like autistic problem, or even feel hopeless and consider suicide.

To begin with, screen should be banned from kids because it make them addicted. Screen and apps are created to make kids addicted, it what they do. That is why it is parent job to not let …show more content…

Autistic is when a person is having a hard time communicate and socialize with other people. Spending too much time on smartphones or other device may lead to a health problem called virtual autism. Carole Bienaime-Bessey, wo sits on France TV regulator, the CSA said, “People are realizing that screen can cause addiction even among very small children, and in extreme cases autistic problem, what is called virtual autism.” That mean, kids can get autism simply by spending more time than they should have on the computers or smartphones. Getting autism might cause childrens to have a hard time communicate with teachers and classmates. This may lead to kids being lonely and a higher chance of kids being bully. Slowly children with autism will no longer wanted to goes to school. To sum up, kid should be banned from screen because of health problem like virtual autism that screen

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