Are we over reliant on the smart phone?

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46HeWg8]

Have you seen this video? it’s already gone viral – it is a great discussion with your teens!?!

Are we over reliant on the mobile, do we miss things in the real world because of the mobile phone? what about when we go on holiday is it really necessary to take the smart phone or are the other things we should leave behind? Do we need a mobile phone etiquette when we’re in the company of others? And then, there’s the selfie – is this just another moment of selfishness used in the wrong way perhaps?

So many questions, there is another great follow-up video to the “I forgot my phone” of teenager reactions:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsO9MIaIazM]

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Richie has been working with young people since 1992, in a variety of contexts, and in 2000 graduated from Moorlands College with a BA degree in Applied Theology/Youth & Community work with National accreditation (UK). Since then he has been involved in pioneering youth work as a Youth & Children’s worker in Berkshire, training and mentoring youth workers as a field work tutor for Centre for Youth Ministry, Oxford as well as engaging in local church work. Richie first started out in radio in 2000 with a temporary license and a show on Hope FM in Bournemouth - since then he’s been involved in various project with radio including working with 16 - 25 year olds on a millennium volunteers project in 2002 and from 2006 to 2008 worked as a volunteer for Hospital Radio in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, presenting request shows, breakfast and a Sunday afternoon specialist show. Richie moved to Ireland in the autumn of 2008 to work primarily for Spirit Radio Ireland in as the Operations Support Manager, as well as presenting a regular Saturday show and makes features and contributions to programming. View all posts by RichieGadget