In this modern era where everyday technology is introducing new and better things in the market, Cell phone which was a gift of technology has become a necessary evil in the functioning of the society.

Students, politicians, scientists, teachers…almost everybody in this world cannot imagine their lives without their cell phones. Cell phone is indeed a necessary evil, on the one hand mobile phone ensures that the world is a smaller place by helping people establish effective communication without any hassle, it also ensures that in times of emergency contact can be established but on the other hand the long term health hazards of using a mobile phone give second thoughts to a person of actually buying one.

Now the question arises will it be sensible to give a phone to a child?

The answer depends upon many other questions and after judging all the parents should decide mutually to provide a phone to their children or not.

The first and top most point to consider is whether their school allowed them to keep the Cell phones? If not than rethink or restrict the child to use a phone during school hours.

Cell phone fulfils many day to day communication needs even of a student, if a child has a Cell phone time to time whereabouts of the child can be known and safety of a child in today’s unsafe yet mobile world can be ensured, but on the other hand the health hazards of the Cell phone that pose the threat to the healthy future of a child pose give jitters to the parents , Also the fact that Cell phone is no longer used as a necessity , it is rather a style statement amongst the youngsters and can divert the child from his aim or studies can be effected.

Parents are the only people that set examples for their children and it is their duty to ensure that their children are properly guided about the need for them to have a Cell phone so that under peer pressure they do not start misusing it.

As a Parent when will you allow your children  have their own cell phone?

• When they start earning & can afford to buy one themselves
• When they reach their 18th birthday
• They can be given the mobile only on out-of-town school trips
  

The parents must also ensure that the bill of the Cell phone should not cross a limit that had been agreed on beforehand, this will surely ensure that the device is only used for the purpose that it had been given for and not used for useless chit- chat amongst friends. Also if at all parents feel that their children have a tendency to misuse the device they must ensure that the model of the phone that their child has only the necessary functionality of a phone and not a mere advanced piece of technology that fulfills all the other functions that the child wants to show off.

So Cell phones are indeed a necessity for a child but it is the duty of the parents to ensure that their children are having one for the right reasons and not just using it as a fashion accessory .Active involvement of the parents in the lives and counselling of their children will indeed play an important role in guiding and ensuring that their children are using this device for the proper necessary use and nothing else.