Influence of Mobile Phone : Pros and Cons

    Mobile phones have become an extremely popular gadget used in daily living. They are also becoming more technologically advanced every day. These devices can used to take and send photos to other people or to search answers on search engines.

    Many people, even the children have their own mobile phones which the potential to do an endless number of tasks. However, they can also expose us to an unfavourable situations. As we might notice, everywhere we go we can see a lot of people with their eyes glued to the small screens which gives some people an unsavourly view of our future.

    Some of us are even obsessed with checking our Facebook accounts, uploading images on Instagram and tweeting about a good time we are having instead of actually having a good time.

    The benefits or pros in using mobile phones are we can access to the Internet easily which can help a child to obtain answers to any questions. This can help with studies as well as daily questions like daily weather or finding directions to go someplace new.

    Some mobile phones have tracking devices that allowed the parents or guardians to track where their child is to ensure that their child is safe and where they are supposed to be at any moment.

    Other than that, mobile phones allow parents and children to keep in touch. If they need to stay after school or needs a ride, the children can simply call their parents to tell them immediately. If there is an emergency, the children can called their parents and vice versa.

    Last but not least, mobile phones can help to teach the children how to be responsible. Parents can set guidelines for their children such as staying within a certain minute or text message range. Children are also responsible for their own mobile phones. Parents can make some rules if they misplaced it or broke their phones.

    However, the usage of mobile phones has it own disadvantages such as the students can cheat during the exams. They can texts the answers under the desk or even search the answers to the exam questions on a search engine. If they are caught cheating, they will face serious consequences from the school.

    Mobile phones are also not cheap nowadays. Every phone is very expensive today even the cheapest one is a thousand or two thousands. If you already have the phones you must want to buy a phone casing and other accessories . Then, it is sure that you need to spend your money again. If you broke you phones and it cannot function properly after that than you must repair it. Today, if you want to repair your phones you need to pay hundreds or more.

    Other than that, mobile phones also can be really distracting from more important events such as studying, doing homework, eating and even walking across the street. Many students have severely injured while walking across the street because they are talking or texting to someone on their phones and not concentrately walking.

    Lastly, children can receive calls from everyone that has their numbers unless someone that has been blocked. It is really dangerous because parents and guardians do not know who is calling their child and what they are saying. If the strangers asked the children to go somewhere and they harm or do something bad to the children the parents would not know. So, it is really dangerous.

    To conclude, the usage of mobile phones have it own pros and cons. We need to be smart and use the phones efficiently. As parents, they should teach their children on how to use the phones properly and do not receive any calls or texts from strangers. Actually, everything is in our hands. We can choose to use the mobile phones in the right way or not.