No Smartphone before 18!

 

No Smartphone before 18!

1. Don’t bring any kinds of device in front of your baby before s/he turns 18 months. Don’t try to make your baby eat, by making them watch TV, Smartphone, Tab, YouTube etc.
2. Educational program can be watched aging 18 months to 2 years, in your presence.
3. Not more than one hour of screen time for children aging 2-5 and teenagers but before 11pm. Ensure that the child isn’t in front of the screen after 11pm, at any cost. Stay away from the devices, yourself, as well, to make an impression on the child.
4. Don’t buy your child a smart phone before s/he turns 18. If there are children at home, keep the smart TV away from them.
5. Create awareness regarding the use of mobile phone in school, so your children don’t get afflicted by virtual virus even from school.
6. Engage them in household chores; encourage them in creative works, making sure they don’t have enough to get addicted to anything.
7. Make sure you know what your children are using the devices for! Whatever gadget they use, whether computer, laptop, smartphone or tab- make sure you can add parental controls and other monitoring features are available, which would help to keep your children safe.
8. If possible, activate child-friendly browsing features. i.e. make sure you children doesn’t enter into any harmful or age inappropriate sites, while surfing. You can also seek help from you ISP (Internet service provider). You can turn off the router at night, if deemed necessary.
9. Make sure your children don’t keep the room locked at all times. Don’t let him be or think he is alone. Teach him to share with his siblings.
10. Provide them with religious teachings as per your own religion.
11. Practice yoga and meditation regularly, with the whole family. Take part in social work and humanitarian activities. This will help your child avert them.
12. Don’t scold your children but motivate them. Be their first and most trusted friend.
13. Spend more time with your children. If you occupy yourself with your phone and TV, then this might make your child resentful and angry; eventually developing mental disorder. Therefore, Stay away from all the digital devices including TV, smart phone, computer, during the time that you spend with the family.
14. Improve real communication and familial bond with your children, parents, siblings, spouse and relatives.
15. Cut lose those companies that pushes you towards the darkness of addiction. Practice the family meditation on every Thursday, with your whole family. Participate in Sadakaion, Alokaion and Enlightened Family program of Quantum Foundation, with your family.
16. Not words but your children follow your actions. If you are addicted to the virtual virus yourself, it wouldn’t be easy to keep your children away from that. Therefore, get rid of your Facebook at first, then make your child stay away from there.