Half of eleven-year-old Spanish children have a smartphone

Buying a smartphone for your child is not an ordinary purchase decision. It is to put in your hands an instrument that will become an open window to a whole world of possibilities, with good and bad.

Whether we like it or not, it is already a fact that after the age of ten the children start asking for a mobile phone as a gift and When they have turned eleven, half of Spanish children already have a smartphone, age that coincides with the beginning of high school.

Source: INE (National Statistics Institute)

According to the survey carried out each year by the INE on Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Homes 50.9% of eleven-year-old Spanish children have a smartphone, a proportion that grows to 93.9% among those aged 15.

The proportion of information technology use by the child population (10 to 15 years old) is, in general, very high. Thus, computer use among minors is practically universal (94.9%), while 95.2% use the Internet. For the first time, the number of smaller Internet users exceeds that of the computer.

The precocity is not surprising considering that almost half of children under two years use tablets and mobile phones, even before knowing how to speak they already handle electronic devices with their little fingers.

Reasonable use

The bad thing is not in the smartphone itself, nor in technology. Our children were born in an era in which technology is part of their lives and it would be unnatural to isolate them from that reality.

The age of onset is in the hands of parents, there are children who with eleven years are able to make responsible use and others who are not, but an interesting fact to keep in mind is that the minimum age in Spain to make use of the networks Social is 14 years old.

But the important thing, beyond the age at which they start, is how the use of mobile phones is managed in children, make reasonable use so that the experience be safe and positive.

As with sports or eating habits, the example of parents is essential. If you want to prevent your children from being addicted to mobile, you must learn to control their use yourself and unhook yourself first. Try that a bad use ends up having consequences in your family life.

Via | INE
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