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Should Children Use Smartphones? Source: zeeko.ie In today's digital era, smartphones have become an important part of human life. Smartphones are mobile devices that have a variety of advanced features and functions. Smartphones provide access to the internet, social media, games, applications, and various other services. Nowadays, smartphones are very commonly used by various groups, including children. In general, children can be categorized as individuals under the age of 18 (Noorani, 2018) . However, in this discussion, we focus more on children in the age range of 3-12 years. This age range is a time when they experience their cognitive, social, and emotional development (Novita, 2022) . The use of smartphones by children is a topic that is currently being debated. Some argue that very young children should not own smartphones because they do not yet have the cognitive skills to understand and operate the digital world prope...