Firstly the framework for this round is utilitarianism backing. The greatest is good for the most amount of people first of all get children under 13 are not mature to have cell phones. First of all the brain is under construction. There's new neurological vulnerability where it's only full fully developed until the person reaches their mid 20s smartphones phone apps are meant to be attracted with scrolling and like so it releases high dopamine which is not Alfie for kids under 13 so first of all there is a global mental health breakdown a large scale study from Sapien lambs global mind project serving nearly 2,000,000 individuals found a direct multi link between early smartphone ownership and severe mental health and young adults female 70% of young women got smartphones at age 6 that had a really bad mental of circles but if they did not get the phone until 18 the rate drops from to 46 similar effects to the males too this is by Sapien laps. Secondly, there's neurological hijacking in a persuasive design as I said 50% teenagers say they're addicted. This is by harvard TH Chan school. The prefrontal cortex does not mature until 825 so will power and stuff like that isn't fully developed while smartphone apps have persuasive designs like scrolling which prioritises instant digital gratification over real world effort problems from the Atlantic state deficit and other things like microsocial atrophy in the boredom buffer mother of three says I think it's important for them to still grow without the constant electronics by prairie care. So to submit it all up I think smart phones should not be allowed for children under the age of 13 because you're not mature yet to make the decision decisions and they addicted children to highly dopamine rewarding processes that is not preparing them for the real world.

If the opponent school is purely safety a basic flip phone or a text only device or GPS smart watch even can solve the problem perfectly. They allowed to call 911 or designated parent contacts but don't have web browsers or social media smart phones actually introduce a wide range of new daily emergencies while I help in a rare acute emergency. It opens the door to cyber bullying online predators et cetera. Towards something you pick up to complete a specific task and then you put it away like a Calculator Map or a hammer, Towards something you pick up to complete a specific task and then you put it away like a Calculator Mac or a hammer whilst specifically smart phones are not to their slot machines in a child's pocket true don't text you in the middle of the night begging to open them they don't hire teams of behavioural psychological for infinite scroll algorithms. You wouldn't give an 11-year-old a sports car and just say it's a tool I'll teach them use responsibly wait until they have the neurological maturity to control. Every child is in human biology is consistent. The prefrontal cortex does not mature until around age 25 doesn't matter how mature and the 11 year-old seems the biological brain chemistry is still highly accessible to have rapid dopamine spikes. This is by live more screenless.org. Again I study publishing paediatrics analysing over 10,000 adolescence without found that the median age for smart was 11 and it's correlated with higher rates of depression and health issues by CBS news. All these examples show how smart phones can cause emotional damage and even in a case of emergency aren't the most necessary t there are other methods of communication and it is not a tool solely in itself is something that addicts heavily.

Ok firstly judge kids defeat most parent controls. Study from Detroit free press shows that children who attempt to bypass controls, more than 67% suceed. And USwitch also states that around 45% of parents aren't aware that they bypassed these limitations. Parental controls are an illusion of safety. Parental controls can block inappropriate websites, but they cannot block the toxic psychological dynamics of group texts, cyberbullying, or social exclusion. The data shows that two-thirds of kids easily bypass them. Handing a child a smartphone with parental controls is like giving them a sports car with a governed engine, knowing they can look up how to clip the wire on YouTube in five seconds. secondly you can't teach an 11 year old brain to moderately use a device that was engineered by professional adult psychologists, getting paid. The prefrontal cortex is still not developed as i stated previously and the multi-billion dollar businesses purposely make the device attractive and addictive regardless of controls or simplicity. For use as a tool, children under 13 should not have the access to a smart device. Maybe a simple communication or emergency device should be used instead, not a device engineered for kids to get engaged, and having to limit social media with weak bypasses. Judge, I proudly urge you an affirmative ballot, for children under 13 have not developed the mature prefrontal cortex in the brain and the devices are made for endless attraction so the companies can get money. Even with controls that have been proven to be easily bypassable, the peer pressure and exclusion still exists and the companies that engineered the smartphones attempt to exploit human liabilities - using variable reward schedules, infinite scrolls, and predictive notifications - to keep the user hooked. The opposing sides argument on safe use and parent interaction are outweighed by the magnitude of emotional damage and lack of sleep + the idea of the phones being easily addictable devices that are more than tools, they are internet gateways and access to unecessary info for a 12 year old without a close to mature brain