2023-11-17 21:12:00
The City Council applauds the measure to benefit the mental health of two minors
17 nov 2023 . Updated at 8:12 p.m.
A group of mothers and fathers from the Valle Incln de Oleiros school They are reluctant to give their children a mobile phone at the end of primary school. They are inspired by the Irish city of Greystones, where families and schools agreed to avoid the use of mobile phones in minors due to the negative effects they generate, such as anxiety, low school performance, social exclusion and harassment. The voluntary measure, which is not mandatory, to avoid the use of mobile phones in children has been accepted by the majority of associations of mothers, fathers and families, creating a new reality in the city: better school performance, reduction of anxiety levels in minors, less social pressure between fathers, mothers and children since in most cases many parents feel that they are overprotective by refusing to give them a smartphone “ao seu fillo,” say the Oleiros City Council, which supports this measure, which it considers to be a protection for the mental health of students.
The group of parents from the Valle Incln school It is open to all families, who are invited to join through their WhatsApp group. There are many experts who are beginning to explain the amount of negative effects that the incorporation of a smartphone has at such an early stage of development (the average age at which children receive their first mobile is 9-10 years), so with in order to have time for them to be trained in the use of technologies, they joined in a pact to reduce social pressure in this regard. They wish that the boys and girls who do not have a car are not considered “the odd ones” but that the natural process of development is respectful of the children’s mental health, they add from the Council.
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