{"id":318947,"date":"2025-05-08T13:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=318947"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:30:55","slug":"smartphones-and-their-responsible-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2025\/05\/08\/smartphones-and-their-responsible-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphones and their responsible use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Grade 7 Advisory this week we talked about smartphones and the effects of using them by young people. The harmful use of smartphones by young people is a growing concern, as excessive screen time can negatively impact their mental health, sleep patterns, and academic performance. Constant exposure to social media may lead to anxiety, low self-esteem, and a distorted sense of reality. Additionally, overuse can reduce face-to-face interactions, limit physical activity, and contribute to addiction-like behavior. It&#8217;s important for young people to develop healthy habits and maintain a balanced lifestyle that includes offline activities and meaningful personal connections. Our students had the opportunity to reflect on their smartphone use and create a plan to improve it. They shared their ideas on post-it notes, which are displayed for everyone at school to see, so other students can be inspired by them. It was an eye-opening session for many, and hopefully, the students will now be more aware of the dangers that come with the technology they use daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/1-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318953 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/1-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/IMG_2407-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318954 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/IMG_2407-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/IMG_2410-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318955 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/05\/IMG_2410-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Grade 7 Advisory this week we talked about smartphones and the effects of using them by young people. The harmful use of smartphones by young people is a growing concern, as excessive screen time can negatively impact their mental health, sleep patterns, and academic performance. Constant exposure to social media may lead to anxiety, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}