The idea of handing a mobile phone to your kid especially if he or she is school going seems pretty bad idea, however there are some good reasons for letting your child you use the mobile phone too. There are many advantages of using cell phones in school that range from safety issues to the ease of communication. There are plenty of reasons that you might want to consider to send your kid to school with pens, pencils, books and a mobile phone these days. Here are a few of those reasons listed.
Easy to contact
Children can easily contact their family members that is either of the parents, this is one major advantage of letting your child carry a mobile phone to school. Schools usually have a limited number of phones for the kids to use. So, if your kid has a mobile phone with him or her, they can contact either of the parents in case they are released from school early or if they have an extra class. A child can also call home if there is an emergency and all the kids line up to use the school phone at the same time. When a kid has a mobile phone, parent can call or text them and tell them they will be late to pick them for school or pass on other important information.
Tracking
Most of the mobile phones these days have an in-built GPS chip that helps locate the position of the phone user. It pin points the user’s location any time. Some of the mobile phone carriers offer parents to tracj the mobile phone of their kids online. The GPS function of the phone is very valuable in case a kid is kidnapped or disappears from school and needs to be found.
Help in Homework
Most of the cell phones these days have in-built web browser in the phone that helps to surf the internet. This facility can be used by your kid to search the internet for homework or projects, in conditions when the access to the internet through a computer is not possible.
Emergency
Schools like other places can alos be places where accidents might occur or some other type of emergencies. When you kid has a mobile phone he or she can easily call a 911 or other emergency services. If there is no mobile phone, they will have to find a phone, which consumes a lot of time and delay the arrival of help.
These are few reasons why you must give a cell phone to your school going kid.
