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[quote author= post=135165934]From 13 years old for Girl and Boys from 11years old, we are in computer age.[/quote]Age of pornography
Let's just state the facts
That will not be used for anything sensible except for pornography.
It just like carrying your child to a den of prostitues and sex traffickers, leaving the child there, walking away and expecting your child to still be normal.
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The person that wants phone should go and work for the money to buy the phone.
Learn to work first.

xpressionx:
My 3yr old daughter already has iphone 12 pro max(my wife's former phone).
But her mother monitor's it.

in a nutshell na 21promax u Dey use…mtcheew

Blessedarethepe:
And peller is not 18 yet

and he is going on vacation with javis and fvkin on the internet?

No smartphones under 18. Even at that, give proper guidance and monitoring.

uuzba:

Age of pornography
Let's just state the facts
That will not be used for anything sensible except for pornography.
It just like carrying your child to a den of prostitues and sex traffickers, leaving the child there, walking away and expecting your child to still be normal.
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The person that wants phone should go and work for the money to buy the phone.
Learn to work first.

Life Na Turn By Turn

18 above

We are living in perilous times. Giving phones to kids these days has a lot of drawbacks because of the dangers of porn and chatting with unknown people and probably paedophiles.
I would advise getting an ordinary phone for the child and when she is old enough a smartphone. Kids these days are extremely smart so activating parental controls may not be enough security for them.
I have a neighbor that got their teenage daughters new smartphones and immediately they have passworded it. When I eventually had access to the phones I found out some untoward activities they have stated engaging in with boys. The mother never knew that these girls have started going out to meet guys in hotels and logdes. It's just a crazy crazy world we live in.

obembet:
A major issue confronting parents these days is at what age to give their kids a cell phone and then how to manage their use on it?

One of the major concerns in a child’s journey is the phone addiction. Mobile phones have become an integral part of our life that we can’t simply put it off once and for all. Yet, the excessive use of phones leads to many serious issues. Mobile phone addiction in kids results in behavioral issues, reduced focus, and poor academic performance. This article explains the effects of screen time on children and the prolonged exposure leading to health risks such as disrupted sleep, decreased physical activity, eye strain, mental fatigue, and radiation exposure.

This are the major things am considering this time and why am asking the intelligence members in the House.

When is the right age to let your child have a smartphone?

Source: obembet

Most of the comments I see here are so discouraging.

We are in tech generation and denying a child early knowledge of these tech will be a kind of set back for them.

All we need to do is work on ourselves who are parents. Most of us have failed in good parenting and now we want to push it to our children.

If you can parent your children relatively well, most of our fears will be reduced.

We see children from advanced countries developing Apps and other lovely computerized gadgets at age 5 and above. If these devices were taken away from them, how will the do that?

Parenting is the problem and not the children. Do you, as a parent, have what it takes to direct the minds of your children to the right thing to a point that, even if you're not there, they'll be scared to do what they know you wouldn't like to see them do?

For me, I allowed them have access to phone and I'm very strict on what and limit I want them to use them. They don't go to school with it.
They have Desktop computers at home where they use in most of their activities like homeworks and other school activities.
I exposed them earlier to the gadgets. I started teaching them programming very early in life.
The two youngest are 11(JSS1) and 13 years old (JSS3). I love their progress in tech.

The 11yo wake up one day to tell me she want to study Coding and Robotics in the university. I was marveled cos I never discussed such with her before. When they talk, you'll hear them talking more of techs and the way the solve issues are very great.

Let your children have access to phone as soon as they can understand it's usage.
Regulate their usage of the gadget.
Teach them good morals and also be a good example for them.
Let them be your good friends as well so that they can easily, without fear, tell you whatever that happens around them and in them.

The world is moving so fast. Do not drag your children backward cos of your failure to instill firm morals in them.

After secondary school. However u can buy palasa or amori tana when she gets to SS2

Blessedarethepe:
And peller is not 18 yet

no be peller parents buy am for am

ReturnMan:
You can use OpenDNS and set blocker to any platform they shouldn't use , you can control it from your phone as well

We are saying the same thing.... The keyWord here is "parental control" whatever method you adopt is your business,...

If u like use OpenDNS always check to ensure it's still very much active...

Itel tona sobe....up till js3...android from ss1

fitinwell:
We are saying the same thing.... The keyWord here is "parental control" whatever method you adopt is your business,...

If u like use OpenDNS always check to ensure it's still very much active...

it doesn't expire sir

ReturnMan:
it doesn't expire sir

So when you do settings on OpenDns.. are u saying that... Kids of 13yrs cannot twerk them..

That's wat i meant by constantly checking the settings...

Psoul:
Most of the comments I see here are so discouraging.

We are in tech generation and denying a child early knowledge of these tech will be a kind of set back for them.

All we need to do is work on ourselves who are parents. Most of us have failed in good parenting and now we want to push it to our children.

If you can parent your children relatively well, most of our fears will be reduced.

We see children from advanced countries developing Apps and other lovely computerized gadgets at age 5 and above. If these devices were taken away from them, how will the do that?

Parenting is the problem and not the children. Do you, as a parent, have what it takes to direct the minds of your children to the right thing to a point that, even if you're not there, they'll be scared to do what they know you wouldn't like to see them do?

For me, I allowed them have access to phone and I'm very strict on what and limit I want them to use them. They don't go to school with it.
They have Desktop computers at home where they use in most of their activities like homeworks and other school activities.
I exposed them earlier to the gadgets. I started teaching them programming very early in life.
The two youngest are 11(JSS1) and 13 years old (JSS3). I love their progress in tech.

The 11yo wake up one day to tell me she want to study Coding and Robotics in the university. I was marveled cos I never discussed such with her before. When they talk, you'll hear them talking more of techs and the way the solve issues are very great.

Let your children have access to phone as soon as they can understand it's usage.
Regulate their usage of the gadget.
Teach them good morals and also be a good example for them.
Let them be your good friends as well so that they can easily, without fear, tell you whatever that happens around them and in them.

The world is moving so fast. Do not drag your children backward cos of your failure to instill firm morals in them.

There are laptops in my house.
The kids can use them.
We also have spare phones which they can use when need arises but no child of mine will own a phone before the age of 15.

Phones and gadgets generally are distractions evne to many adults. Many people's live may have been better if not for access to gadget and social media