The feeling that my child reconfirmed that “LINE is fun after all” after starting to use it-but there are points to note Japan Top News

My son, who is in the first year of junior high school, has finally started using “LINE”. I had a lot of lectures at junior high school, so I knew about the actual situation, but I think I learned a lot more by watching it up close. I would like to tell you about the current circumstances of junior high school students and points to note when giving them.

The number of children using from elementary school age is increasing

The start of use in middle 1 is not at all early. Since I was in elementary school, I knew that many of my classmates had smartphones and used TikTok and LINE.

I heard from a parent of a child who graduated the previous year, “I exchanged LINE with my graduation.” She thought it would be a good opportunity and offered to take advantage of it when she graduated, but she refused because it was “a hassle”. She has seen the author’s writings and supervised books, and may have given her a slightly negative impression of smartphones and SNS.

Since mistakes are inevitable in SNS, I want my children to practice while they are still old enough for their parents to give them advice. I also have a smartphone that I don’t use, and I thought I’d like to use it soon, but things don’t go as planned.

LINE is essential for contacting club activities

My son went on to junior high school where few of his friends went from the same elementary school. Since there was no contact network in junior high school, I was in a state where I did not know the contact information at all.

The first thing I had trouble with was the competition I was participating in as part of my club activities. I’m going to the venue for the first time on the train, but I can’t go with my friends because the nearest station is different, and my parents can’t attend because they can’t visit due to the corona disaster. I had no choice but to write down the transfer method on paper and hand it over, praying that there would be no wrong trains or train delays. I couldn’t help but think that if I had a smartphone or a phone, I would be safe.

In addition, there are times when the Saturday practice is on the outside ground, and the day before we receive a notice of a change. Apparently, most of the children were using LINE, and they seemed to be contacted mainly in the LINE group. I’ve had teachers contact me via my parents’ LINE, and friends → my friend’s mom → author, but it’s obviously too much work.

Many of the reasons for starting to have a smartphone after becoming a junior high school student are “Because LINE was essential for contacting club activities”, but it makes sense. Certainly, “LINE is necessary for contacting club activities”.

Only LINE started due to lack of communication

In schools, smartphones are basically prohibited, and not everyone has a smartphone. I know several families who dare to use Garake.

One of them usually has a phone, but he created a LINE account on a tablet to contact club activities. When she needs to contact LINE on the go, she seems to bring a pocket Wi-Fi to communicate.

One day, when my son was probably the only one in the club who didn’t use LINE, I learned about the change in the club’s practice day while interacting with another parent. He hadn’t contacted his son, so apparently there was a contact leak.

I told him that I hadn’t been contacted and that I needed LINE, and persuaded him to use LINE. For the time being, I decided to transfer one of my two accounts under his name. He had created an account on his tablet authenticated with his home phone number. If he had a little more time, he could have prepared a SIM dedicated to data communication.

I hurriedly told my son’s account to the guardian of a friend who was in the same club and class, and he invited me to join the club’s group, class LINE, etc. I easily went from having zero contacts to having all my contacts.

There are still many children with restrictions in middle 1

After using it, I noticed that my son really enjoyed it. It’s obvious, but I can’t help but be happy to receive messages from my friends. It seems that he himself felt the value of being able to contact many children at once.

They showed me the screen saying, “I sent you something like this,” and I showed them to each other because they wanted to see the author’s LINE, so I have a general idea of ​​the whole exchange.

30 out of 40 people participated in class LINE. Most of the children have their real names and surnames, but there is one child with a name that I don’t know at all, and it seems that people are talking about “who is it?” It seems that face photos are not registered, and there are many illustrations and unrelated photos. Also, since many children use paid stamps, I bought only one.

Some children wrote status messages such as, “I can only do it on my home PC,” “From 10:00 am to 9:00 pm,” or “I can only do it until 10:00 pm.” Some children wrote their class names, attendance numbers, etc., and it seems that they created accounts at the same time as entering junior high school.

When I ask people to raise their hands at lectures and other places, the smartphone ownership rate and LINE usage rate are over 90% depending on the school, even among junior high school students. In junior high school, there are quite a few children who are not yet allowed to use LINE or smartphones. Even if you just know, there are children who use their parents’ LINE accounts to communicate when necessary, and children who are in junior high school are prohibited from using SNS and only use SMS.

Realize once again that “SNS is fun”

My son used to write, “I think it’s too late to read it. I don’t have a habit of it.” He once again realized that you can’t understand the fun unless you use it.

Junior high school students seem to be making good use of LINE by creating groups of various sizes. It seems that the contact of the close group of friends is the most contact. It is said that the group is getting excited by changing the group name and taking questionnaires.

Since I was connected to my friends from elementary school through LINE, it will be easier for me to communicate with them. I’m practicing by calling it on my family LINE, but maybe because I’m watching my friends use it, it’s easy to use.

At the moment, he doesn’t know how to extend exchanges to people other than acquaintances, and is limited to interacting with classmates, club members, and friends. LINE has some features that are difficult to use, such as open chat, but they seem to be interested in the fact that they can communicate with their friends, so I’m thinking of giving them guidance after seeing how it goes.

As soon as I started using LINE, I went out to the park with my junior high school friends because of an invitation on LINE. She seems to have learned that it is easy to invite and talk to her. Making a phone call or inviting someone individually can be difficult, but it is possible with a close group. Since then, I’ve been able to see him vaguely peeking even when he’s not receiving messages.

Even after entering high school, I was still hanging out with my elementary school friends, so I was worried that I wasn’t getting close to my junior high school friends, but it seems that it was simply because I didn’t have the means to contact them.

Signs of addiction to SNS

I gave the tablet after deleting all other apps. There is a time limit, and the application is only a browser, LINE, and family SNS “Mitene”. The account registered in the app store belongs to me, so I can’t even download apps without permission.

I started checking frequently even when I didn’t receive messages from my friends. I’ve been addicted to YouTube and taken time, but I feel that TikTok and Instagram may have been more addicted.

However, this is also something that you can get hooked on once, and you will learn how to deal with temptation, so I think it would be good to use it if you switch to a smartphone. However, using it with an unspecified number of people poses various problems, so after practicing on LINE for a while, I would like to make a promise to set restrictions and let them use it.