Nigerian public speaker and life coach, Solomon Buchi has disclosed that he and his wife have agreed not to buy smartphones for their children until they enter university.
Buchi revealed this in a statement on his X account on Tuesday.
He claimed that their decision was based on rising worry about the possible harm that early exposure to phone use could cause to children’s core values.
He said, “Early exposure to phones/internet is one of the reasons our generation is messed up. My wife and I agreed on no smartphones for our children till they get into university.
“They’ll have a home library, home music studio, home painting studio, board games outdoor sports, etc. Let them get their hands dirty in real life, and learn without the frequent interference of screens. The home computer will be restricted to screen time.
”More than the moral implications of letting children use phones, the psychological consequences are damning. The short attention span our generation suffers is because of social media.”
Credit/ Twitter/ Solomon Buchi
