Parents give smart phones and other gadgets to children to make them sit quietly without out disturbing them, in other words it is being used to quit their job of parenting and attending to their kids.
If children use smart phones at early age their brain development may be affected because at early ages children brain develops rapidly, he learns by interacting with people and not by keeping his head down and using touch screens.
Mindful Awareness Research Center also claims that it may impede social and emotional development of child. Children need to be active physically but such gadgets are forcing them to sit at home.
