Digital Detox.

Well, it does look good to me, and the reason is because in my family, you never got to use or own a phone untill you're done with secondary school and have good grades in your WAEC. Until you're done, you have nothing whatsoever to do with a phone, even if you buy one, it will be seized. The only phone we have access to then was mum's phone, my dad's phone is a no-go-area, even he must not catch or find us making use of mum's own too.

And I can't deny how unfair it feels like then, a lot of my friends have their own phone, they gist, talk and all about new trends, entertainment, newest songs, artist that are making waves and all, and I will have nothing to contribute. When my older siblings also began owning a phone, I felt a little more bad, just hoping that one day, it will be my turn too. I even remember how I use to pay certain amount to my elder brother just so I could browse the Internet or play games with his phone. What an unfair thing that was....but looking back now, I very well understand what my parents were doing.

We all can't deny that our phones has gone beyond just devices we use in reaching out to people or staying updated, our phone has now become our all, it's our television, our book, and everything we can think of, the only thing we don't do with our phones today is to eat in it and bath in it. Every other thing, from playing, watching movies, and all is been done with the phone. A lot of houses as even forgotten that they own a television.

And another truth is, a lot of us are now addicted to our phone, but we still try to convince ourselves that it is not addiction. And I can include myself in this, we've been having light issues for a while now, very low current, but for close to two days now we don't even have any at all. Ad for the first time since a very very long time, my phone went off yesterday, including my powerbank too. Believe me it was as if something else is wrong with me, I couldn't concentrate with what I was doing anymore, I was so disturbed and kept thinking of way to charge, eventually I took them both to a place where I had to pay to charge. Even still, I didn't wait till it's full before going to collect it.

Also, I'm someone who can be indoors for two days straight and not even get to see the sun if I have my phone with me. I can be inside from morning till night, typing, reading, playing games, listening to music, watching movies and the likes. And I can't deny a lot of physical connections that have been going down all because I'm too busy with my phone. So, banning phones at certain times/hours of the day in the home feels like a good idea to me. And it's not as if we won't have access to it at all for those periods, no, but it will be either a very limited one or a controlled one. Maybe when the family decides to watch a movie together or when eating together, those are the best times for families to open up, talk to each other, rub minds, comment on the food, tell stories and actually connect.

And like the prompt asked if it won't seems like an infringement of right, I would love to say no, it is not. If such a thing is done in the family, then I believe it is for the good of everyone. Take what I shared earlier about my family for example, my parents didn't do that because they hated us, but they did because they really want us to grow,. focus and be disciplined and I can tell you for free that it did help us both academically and mentally.

A lot of things are being discussed in the home today that a lot of us did not even hear, sometimes we just laugh or smile just to make it seems as I we are present whereas we aren't even listening talk less of understanding what's being discussed. But if such were to be done, we will bond more, listen more and understand each other better. You get to know about how the day went for one another, share your struggles, seek for help and not feel alone in a house that has people, relatives, family in it.

Also, I would like to note that the ban shouldn't mean that phones should be off, because there might be emergencies, the phones should still be on and within reach, the ban I believe is about balancing things just so to make sure while online and screen time is going on, family should still feels like family too. So, personally, I agree to it. It would be very good to have such phone free moments in our homes.

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