The world’s changing, so are things about technology and mobile phones. In the past to pacify their kids, parent used to take them to picnic, later came television and now it is the Smart phone or Tablet. Yes, it does seem funny, but holds the truth.

A research has revealed that the family dynamics are changed by use of smart phones and tablets. More than half of the parents who participated in the survey have said that they use mobile phones to pacify their 13 years or younger children. Those whose kids do not own a mobile phone are planning to buy one for them.

Half of the Parents who participated in the survey opined that the age group between 8-13 is right age for owning a smart phone, 45% say age of 14-18 is right for a smart phone and the remaining 5% only think kids below 8 should own a mobile.

Problems with Kids and Mobiles

It is good to hand your kid a mobile device for safety purposes but it does have some problems too. Kids might get unrestricted access to the internet, mature content inappropriate for their age. So if parents are worried their kids are exposed to such content then they should warn them about the privacy protection or let them only limited access on their mobile devices.

Mobile technology and some stats

Apart from parenting, people and mobile phones have other issues. Some people use them in a bathroom, on a date, at funerals and also at worship places.

  • 70% of people use their phone at home.
  • 15% of people use mobile phones and tablets in office and 5% use them in the car.
  • 69% of mobile technology users use them to play games.
  • 34% use these devices to watch movies.
  • 58% of the mobile device owners use them for nutrition tips or exercise tips and only 26% of them follow them every week.
  • 66% of the users use these device for sports news, like for checking scores, reading sports new etc.

This survey is conducted on 1500 U.S residents between the age group of 18-50 who use Smartphone and Tablets regularly.

If you are one of those parents who considers that your kid should own a Smartphone or a Tablet too then at least make sure you but one with parental controls. Find more at Tech blogs from buzz2fone blog directory.