Some parents believe that cell phones are harmful to children, while others disagree. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

It is believed by some parents that cell

phones

are harmful to

children

, whereas others do not think so. Despite access to the necessary information, cell

phones

negatively affect

children

's physical and mental health. In my opinion, mobile

phones

have more harm than usefulness. On the one hand, with the help of smartphones, kids can get access to most of the information in one button press.

This

can be very useful, especially, for educational purposes.

Also

, the

phones

provide parents with the current location of their child increasing the level of safety.

Moreover

, a great number of brain training mobile applications can be found in Apple Store or Play Market. A prime example would be

Lumocity

Correct your spelling

Luminosity

. The creators of

this

application claim that approaches and exercises used were thoroughly tested and proved by several experiments.

On the other hand

, the detrimental effect of mobile screens on

children

's health cannot be neglected. Nowadays, the percentage of

children

with bad eyesight is growing at high rates.

In addition

, spending too much time in front of a phone promotes a sedentary lifestyle, which is one of the root causes of many serious diseases

such

as diabetes, obesity, etcetera.

For instance

, some studies show that

children

who spend more than 4 hours per day playing mobile games have 40% more chances of developing diabetes. In conclusion,

although

modern cell

phones

can provide some useful functions and information for

children

, they are still too harmful to be used on regular basis. I think the usage of

phones

for kids should be strictly limited by certain time frames if not at all.