Our kids often request many gifts around the Christmas/holiday giving season. Some of you are faced with the request of your child/teenager asking for a cell phone right now. Well, before you run out and buy that phone or hit "add to cart" on your online purchase, here are some facts to consider:
- Teen cell phone addiction has become a worldwide epidemic
- Tweens (8-12) spend seven hours a day on their digital devices while teens (13-18) are spending up to nine hours a day
With no solution to the cell phone epidemic in sight, what are parents and educators to do?
Host Sondra Doty wanted to have Naomi Dahl come to share about cellphonepermit.com. This is an amazing resource about which every parent and educator should know and promote. In this episode desire to provide resources and aid families in understanding what you're really handing your children when you give them their cell phone. You wouldn't give them a car and just say, "Go and drive." It's time to have more conversations around the safety of cell phone in our kids' hands.
Get To Know Cell Phone Permit & Naomi Dahl:
In 1927, the public school district in Gilbert, MN identified that driver’s education was necessary to create safe and successful drivers on the road. Cell Phone Permit was created using the same theory to educate teens on safe and successful use of cell phones. Cell Phone Permit understands the importance of a whole-community approach among educators, students, and parents in creating a healthy relationship with cell phone use. Cell Phone Permit provides new content in topic areas that educators identify as important and urgent. This curriculum equips young people with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the digital world as well as the character and knowledge to ensure they put those skills to use.
Follow: @cellphonepermit
Website: https://www.cellphonepermit.com/
Online At Home Edition: https://cellphonepermit.thinkific.com
Link for Educators and Schools: https://form.jotform.com/213224898951162
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