Keeping kids off smartphones
6 Minute English
BBC
4.6 ⢠1.3K Ratings
đď¸ 12 September 2024
âąď¸ 7 minutes
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Summary
Can you stop a child having a phone if all their friends have one? Neil and Beth teach you some useful vocabulary.
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| 0:00.0 | 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.com |
| 0:07.0 | Hello this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Beth. Can I ask you something Beth? |
| 0:15.7 | Beth? Hello Beth are you listening? Oh sorry Neil I was checking my Instagram and Facebook and just sending this email. |
| 0:27.0 | Done. Okay, what did you want? |
| 0:29.0 | Well, I wanted to ask if you're getting addicted to your smartphone, but clearly the answer is yes. |
| 0:35.4 | Actually, Neil, I am worried about my smartphone use, and it's not just me. Concerns are growing |
| 0:41.7 | about the negative effects smartphones are having on adults and even more on children. |
| 0:47.0 | Studies show that girls who spend more time on social media are more likely to be anxious or depressed and smartphones have also |
| 0:54.9 | been linked to delayed brain development and poor sleep. Even so, around 60% of |
| 1:01.2 | British 8 to 11 year olds have a smartphone. So in this program we'll be asking |
| 1:07.1 | our kids better off without a phone and of course we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary too. |
| 1:14.0 | But first, put your phone away Beth, because I have a question for you. |
| 1:18.0 | The US has one of the highest levels of smartphone use, |
| 1:22.0 | but, according to a recent survey how long |
| 1:25.4 | does the average American 11 to 14 year old spend looking at a screen every day is |
| 1:31.5 | it a five hours, B, seven hours or C nine hours? |
| 1:37.0 | Mm, I'll guess American teens spend five hours a day on screens. |
| 1:43.0 | Okay, Beth, I'll reveal the answer later in the program. |
| 1:47.0 | BBC journalist Myra Anoubi has a nine-year-old daughter who desperately wants her own phone, but Myra isn't convinced, as she explained to BBC |
| 1:55.7 | World Service programme People Fixing the World. |
| 1:58.8 | I'm worried about how much time she'll spend on her own device and what she might even see there. I mean she's |
| 2:04.4 | only nine at the end of the day, but at the same time I don't want her to feel left |
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