Get Out of the Cellphone Loop with Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts
Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone:
(978) 535-7878
Email:
info@brucemccorrys.com
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Cellphones are both a boon and a bane rolled into one small package of technology. It goes without saying that they have radically revolutionized the modern life. For a long time, though we were aware of the downside of depending on cellphones too much and too early, we held on to it. However, these days we have started hearing more voices stating that the cost of cellphone overuse is much higher than what we imagine. Is it time we directed our time and life to more important pursuits? The answer is probably yes.
Kids, Adults and the Cellphone: Why Unplugging is Important
Pause, a voluntary organization that works for the betterment of kids and women recently made a statement on the dangers of cellphone when they demanded that anyone who sells a cellphone to kids under 13 should be fined $20,000. The damage that cellphones can do to kids are multifaceted and often irreversible. Many researchers have pointed this out.
A study by L. Lloyd Morgan of the Environmental Health Trust showed that microwave radiation from cellphones increases chances of health risk including cancer in kids and adults. Unrestricted use of cellphone by children have increased the instances of privacy risks, cyberbullying [McAfee, 2014], unfavorable use of social media [YPCC Index, 2013] and sexually inappropriate behavior [Pediatrics Journal, June 2014]. These stats which show the physical and emotional damage that cellphones can do are of extreme importance in US, where a shocking 97% of 4-year-olds have used a cellphone (Pediatrics, 2015) and 52% of children confessed to feeling addicted to one (Common Sense Media Poll 2016).
On the other end of the spectrum, it seems almost impossible to say no to cellphones in the busy adult life. But cellphones are as harmful for an adult as much as it is for an unaware child. Cellphone-related physical conditions such as posture issues and the risk of terminal illness have gone steadily up in past years. Excessive cellphone use is a proven cause of depression and anxiety in adults [Tayana Panova, 2016] and it provokes sleep disturbance and stress according to US National Library of Medicine. For both kids and adults, a break from the cellphone can do only good.
Breaking the Cellphone Loop with Martial Arts
The key to breaking the cellphone addiction lies in identifying what glues us to cellphones. In the case of adults, leisure-time browsing and social media paves the way for addiction. Among kids, it is mostly the pleasure derived from the cellphone games. Curing the cellphone craze can only work if we teach ourselves to depend on cellphones only for urgent needs and find other ways to spend our leisure hours and entertainment.
A perfect alternative for this is martial arts. Years of experience at Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts School (Peabody, MA) has shown how martial art learners have succeeded in breaking out of their cellphone addiction. The uncountable benefits of martial arts like health, fitness and self-defense are often heard. But martial arts also offer a fun, enjoyable and beneficial passion for kids and adults to focus in. It cools off the stressed mind, cures the health risks that cellphones causes you in the first place, and helps you to find meaning in the real joys of life.
Join martial arts today to wean yourself off the cellphone!
Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone:
(978) 535-7878
Email:
info@brucemccorrys.com
Web:
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