Impatient to do like adults, young people did not wait long to familiarize themselves with the mobile phone.Internet, SMS - MMS, Social Networks, Applications, Games...Children sometimes master smartphones better than their parent.Yes but here is a mobile phone, it's not a toy.At what age can you buy this object to them?What are the limits to put?Parents explains everything to you.

How old for a first mobile phone?

Symbol of autonomy par excellence, the mobile phone also allows children to maintain social relationships and, in their own way, to emancipate themselves.However, nothing forces you to "grill" the steps by yielding to your child's desire.Even if there is no minimum age in France to use a mobile phone, know that in England, he remains not recommended at least 15 years ... Why?As a precaution, the effects on health is not yet clearly established!Afterwards, it is up to you to decide the most appropriate moment, also depending on the maturity of your child and the use he wishes to make of it.

Phone and child: learn to use it intelligently

Barely do they have a phone in hand than children soon explore - with often disconcerting ease!- all appliances and options of the device.But this very intuitive way that they have to appropriate the mobile phone is not enough for them to become responsible users.Here, your role of parents is to instill them for the rules of "know-how" in society, while respecting others.For example by refusing the phone at the table, during family meals.Even simple, it is always good to remind them of the rules of knowing how to live.It's up to you too to show the example!

Child and telephone: Vigilance in the street

Children (and adults!) Often forget that calling with a laptop focuses a good part of their attention.This drop in vigilance can be extremely risky, which is why it is imperative not to use your phone in rollerblading, by bike, or even crossing the street.The laptop is also a very popular object of thieves.Your child should not try them by leaving him in evidence, nor by keeping him by hand or in an external pocket.Another warning to give him: that of not giving your phone number to anyone, much less to a stranger.

Child and portable: what use in public places?

Respect for others also requires "civic" use of the mobile phone.Your child must understand how important it is to respect the prohibitions to telephone, whether in the classroom, in the library, in the cinema, in the hospital, on the train outside the platform provided for this purpose ... and D'turn off your phone when you ask.Also recommend using vibrating mode in places where classic ringtone (often very noisy among young people!) Could hinder.And it does not matter if he misses some calls, he will have plenty of time to listen to his messages the right time.Last thing: the sophistication of phones make it real little technological jewels, capable of photographing, filming, and then publishing on the Internet!But before going to heart, your child must ask the persons concerned their authorization.

Child and telephone: home use

It becomes very easy to make "incognito" calls with a mobile phone.What should not be is that your child engages in bad jokes towards his little comrades, with anonymous calls or provocative texts...Likewise, with the democratization of the Internet, most young people enjoy fueling their blog, Instagram/Facebook/Twitter page or other, stories and quite personal photos.Be careful, images or videos (taken with a laptop, but not only ...) undermining the privacy of others should not be broadcast.Make sure that your child does not do to others what he would not like to be done to him.And that he is no more than reason.

Smartphone and good practices

As they say, the sooner good habits are taken, the slower they get lost!As a precautions, sensitize your child to the importance of the atria, highly recommended so as not to receive the waves directly in the ears.To know also that it is preferable to call in the areas of good reception, where the waves emitted are less strong.And then, play caution: advise your child to enter the numbers of all his relatives, but also those of the Samu (15), the firefighters (18) or the police (17) that he can thus contact easily in caseemergency.